China Consumer « Week In China - Part 3

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China Consumer

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Famed food firm from Sichuan is in acquisition mode
May 11, 2018 (WiC 408)

According to China Daily, Chongqing Fuling Zhacai ranks as “one of the world’s three most famous pickled dishes”, with the other two being sauerkraut and pickled cucumber. Although that might be true, most of Fuling Zhacai’s fans are ...

Suntory sues rival in Beijing over copycat packaging
May 11, 2018 (WiC 408)

Coca-Cola announced plans in March to release its first-ever alcoholic drink, doing so in Japan – a country where alcopops (known as chu-hi in Japanese) are very popular. With lower alcohol content and sugary flavour, chu-hi ...

Why South Korean cosmetics are out of fashion
May 4, 2018 (WiC 407)

When China and South Korea announced in November that they had agreed to move beyond a year-long stand-off over the latter’s installation of the US THAAD missile defence system, most Korean companies, especially cosmetic brands, let out a sigh ...

New local cafe chain seeks to challenge Starbucks
Apr 27, 2018 (WiC 406)

Despite all the fanfare about the Chinese embracing lattes and skinny whites, most still don’t drink much coffee (if at all). A recent survey reveals the average consumption is only four cups of coffee a year, considerably less than their ...

Why a Tencent-backed start-up has Jack Ma worried
Apr 13, 2018 (WiC 404)

Many of China’s proverbs concern money and one of the most famous of all relates to its corollary, haggling for a better price: 嫌货才是买货人. In English it translates as, “The people who bargain with you are the people who will ...

Size matters for China’s biggest soy sauce maker
Apr 6, 2018 (WiC 403)

Alongside salt, vinegar and sugar, soy sauce is one of the most important and heavily used seasonings in Chinese cuisine. While its precise origin is hard to pinpoint – some say it dates back to the Han Dynasty – historians believed that it ...

Why a high-flying appliance maker has faltered on bourse
Mar 23, 2018 (WiC 402)

Its Chinese name is a derivation of the word boss (laoban). And for its entire eight-year history as a public company, Robam Electric has been the king of the kitchen appliances sector. Its founder, Ren Fujia, once likened his ...

Consumers are growing disinterested in China’s Consumer Rights Gala
Mar 23, 2018 (WiC 402)

Since 1985, Watchdog has been a regular fixture on the BBC’s programming schedule. The show is a champion of consumer rights, uncovering malfeasance in small and large companies and reporting their findings to the public. Whereas ...

Can Fosun turn around French couture house?
Mar 9, 2018 (WiC 400)

In an interview with the Financial Times last weekend, London entrepreneur Robin Birley said that his main concern has little to do with the opening of a new private members club called Oswald he’s launching in the city. Instead he’s ...

China’s spending on dogs will soon exceed that of the US
Feb 15, 2018 (WiC 398)

Amy is going for a walk, Dengdeng is having his lunch, and Lele is playing with a ball. As you might have guessed, these characters are dogs, not people – but that doesn’t mean they aren’t on social media Smellme, a smartphone app for ...

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