Discussion keeps the world turning.
What if the newest hottest thing in shopping isn't to buy, but just to try?
Free tastes, test drives,
and no questions asked returns are transforming malls into showrooms for the trial economy.
It's a win-win on the surface, stores build trust and you feel zero risk.
But when does trying stop being a preview and start being the whole show?
And what happens when the free samples run out?
After that,
three stories from our previous week of shows that have absolutely nothing to do with each other,
or do they?
The full circle draws the invisible line connecting one to the other to the other.
We're live from our studios in Beijing.
This is Round Table.
I'm Steve.
Thank you very much for being with us today.
And for the show, I'm with You Shin and You Shan.
First up.
Walk through a shopping district today, and you might not even need to stop for lunch.
Between cake samples and roast duck bites, mmm, yum.
Free tastings are everywhere.