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China Consumer

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How the world is counting on China’s consumers
Apr 18, 2019 (WiC )

Spending from China’s new breed of consumers has got cash registers ringing in some unlikely places. Regular readers of WiC will be familiar with the holiday shopping that has turned Bicester Village, a retail park in central England, into one ...

China’s e-commerce sector is increasingly being driven by KOL ‘influencers’
Apr 12, 2019 (WiC 448)

In the true-story movie Joy, an inventor-housewife played by Jennifer Lawrence goes on a television-shopping network to peddle her Miracle Mop. After she nervously wields her invention, demonstrating how it self-wrings and how its head ...

Saturnbird takes aim at China’s $150 billion coffee market
Apr 12, 2019 (WiC 448)

The world’s first water-soluble ‘instant’ coffee was patented in Britain in 1771. It did not prove very popular until the First World War when the US military stocked up on the product for soldiers’ trench rations. Instant coffee’s next ...

Estee Lauder distributor sues NetEase’s Kaola
Mar 29, 2019 (WiC 446)

Gucci’s CEO Marco Bizzarri has been resolute about refusing to partner with Chinese e-commerce firms. “Frankly speaking, on most of the platforms there’s a lot of counterfeiting and I don’t want to certify counterfeiting because I belong ...

Disney English falls out with VIPKID
Mar 29, 2019 (WiC 446)

VIPKID and Disney English, two leading providers of English language education, are in direct competition. Both target students aged 2-18, both have a global presence and both advocate a creative learning environment. On March 18 Walt Disney ...

Gree turns every single employee into a sales rep
Mar 22, 2019 (WiC 445)

There are no set rules for what makes a great CEO. Excelling at selling stuff certainly helps. Nearly 15% of Fortune 500 bosses started their careers in sales, according to a 2017 survey by Heidrick & Struggles, a recruitment firm. Cisco’s ...

Short-seller accuses Zhou Hei Ya of inflating sales figures
Mar 22, 2019 (WiC 445)

“I’ll say they’re a fraud, and I’ll short. But when they do go to zero, I win, you all lose,” pronounced Dan David in the documentary The China Hustle. Over the past few years short-seller reports have mushroomed. Most have ...

Tim Hortons enters the grinding war to lure Chinese coffee lovers
Mar 15, 2019 (WiC 444)

Starbucks’ hottest product in China this month isn’t quite what you’d expect. Known as the “Cat Paw Cup” it’s a translucent tumbler with a paw-sculpted interior. It was so popular stocks sold out in less than a day, while prices bid ...

Will made-in-China synthetic gems drag down diamond prices?
Mar 15, 2019 (WiC 444)

For decades, moissanite has been a popular diamond substitute. Although the two have different chemical properties, moissanite looks diamond-like. Unscrupulous sellers in China have cheated less expert local consumers by charging them a real ...

Yeshu coconut drink criticised for its misleading and erotic marketing style
Mar 8, 2019 (WiC 443)

The practice of using erotica in marketing to lure customers dates back as least far as the 1870s. That’s when Pearl Tobacco featured a nude female figure reminiscent of Botticelli’s Venus on its posters. Pears Soap, likewise, pictured a ...

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