Retail
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The best thing that happened to Hegen was getting robbed.Plate 094SingaporeHegen / Yvon Bock
Nobody would hire him. At 8 months old, Lee Thiam Wah contracted polio. Lost the use of his legs. Wheelchair-bound for life.Plate 076Singapore & MalaysiaLee Thiam Wah / 99 Speed Mart
His stock crashed to 5 cents. Creditors were circling. The US$450 million acquisition had blown up in his face. Brookstone — the American retail chain he…Plate 053SingaporeOSIM / Ron Sim
Don't fight the leaders. Create a category they haven't thought of yet.Plate 020Singapore & MalaysiaGinvera / Dr. Tor Lam Huat
She has a bunion the size of a 50-cent coin on her left foot. It's from wearing cheap polyurethane shoes as a teenage waitress.Plate 012Singapore & MalaysiaChristy Ng
His mother wanted to shut down the shoe shop. It wasn't making money. Business was bad. Time to close.Plate 009SingaporeCharles & Keith