Although Lenovo has outgrown all other leading PC companies in the past two years, the company has been over-reliant on China, its home market, and its strength in the commercial PC market.
As chancellor he claimed not only to have done away with "boom and bust", but also to have presided over the longest period of sustained growth since 1701.
Since customers using shopping carts tend to buy more than those without shopping carts, most of these stores are experiencing strong sales growth, while most other department stores are not.
Of course, as most of us forget memories from our first few years as we grow older, this early long-turn memories will likely be lost in subsequent years.