Clinique in China
In late 1960s, people’s knowledge about skins was: skins are born to be what they are, and cannot be changed. However, a chief magazine editor in year 1967 posed that ‘females should take a right attitude towards their skins’. This reminded people that perfect skin can be constructed. She was Carol Philips, the chief editor […]
Local supermarkets VS Foreign-owned supermarkets
Though supermarket chain Tesco is the third biggest retailer worldwide, its performance in China is not as good as expected. The latest news is that Tesco is combining its Chinese operations with those of China Resources Enterprise. On August 9th, Tesco and CRE said a proposed joint venture would be created to manage 2,986 stores […]
Leisure in China: Hong-Kong Disneyland
Past and Present In November 1999, the Hong Kong government announced the site for Disney’s first theme park in China. It was to be created through a joint venture with China’s government and The Walt Disney Company. Opening its 1.8 billion dollar doors in late 2005, Disney Hong Kong in the beginning came off a […]
Research on Luxottica Group in China
Introduction of Luxottica Group Luxottica Group was founded in 1961, its commercial network covers more than 130 countries with approximately 7,100 optical and sun retail stores, and it directly controls 38 optical markets of importance throughout the whole world. It has more than 6,700 retail locations (currently, 270 in China), 36 brand series including its […]
Who is the best Tourism promotion agency in China?
Chinese people travel more and more, not only inside China, but also in other countries. 83 million Chinese people traveled in 2012, and they should be 100 million by 2020. Moreover Chinese tourists spend a lot while travelling: they spent 102 billion dollars in 2012, which is 40% more than in 2011. They are now […]
Business and Financial magazines in china
Within this article, we tried to analyze the state of the business press in China, especially magazines in Finance. We describe the overall trends and then discuss specifically references in business and finance magazines and press. [pdfjs-viewer url=”/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Financial-Newspapers-Magazines_China.pdf”]
China Market: Milk Powder’s Market in China
China Market shares According to the CCTV News, the sales of foreign brand milk powder takes up 60% – 65% of total national sales in China. Even in the most of first and second tier cities, foreign brand milk powder has occupied most of the market. The total volume of importing milk powder has already […]
Market research: Foreign companies in baby formula industry
Fonterra’s milk powder food-safety scandal On August 3th, 2013, Fonterra released to the press that some of its exported whey protein products may contain Clostridium botulinum, a bacteria that can cause botulism. Botulism is a paralytic illness that affects the nervous and respiratory systems and can cause death in some cases. Fonterra attributes its contamination […]
Research: China’s growing demand for foreign luxury cars
Despite a recent decline in China’s car exports, its domestic automotive market continues to grow, especially in the premium car segment. The country’s total June car exports amounted to only 84,000 cars, one-fifth fewer than the same period last year, but this drop was accompanied by an 11% increase in cars sold in the domestic […]
China market research: Smartphones
China is the world’s largest market for smartphone China’s situation Now that 20% of its population owns a smartphone, China has surpassed the United States as the largest smartphone market. As of February, the country has become the world’s largest consumer of smartphones, according to a study by Flurry, a market research company . […]
China research: Mongolia and China relations
The People’s Republic of China and Mongolia share a boundary line of 4,676 kilometers long. The two countries set up diplomatic relations on October 16, 1949. Over the 50 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, Sino-Mongolian relations, though having undergone certain ups and downs, have remained friendly. Especially in the last 10 years or […]
Focus on the Chinese teaching industry: CUCAS
June 19th. 2013, CUCAS opened a new site especially for Chinese language learner. The new site, chinese.cucas.edu.cn, is the largest Chinese courses database. Chinese learner can search, apply Chinese programs and track your application’s progress on CUCAS. Besides, you can choose accommodation booking and pick-up service on CUCAS too. The highlights of the new Chinese language sites: 1. Help applicants choose suitable Chinese programs […]