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Haier, taking the middle management out – Bill Fischer
Home appliances manufacturer Haier has become of of the leading forces in China’s drive for innovation, says IMD-professor Bill Fischer in the People’s Daily. “Reinventing Giants” is a recent book he co-authored focuses on Haier’s transformation process: the middle management is taken out.Read More →
Shadow banking expert Sara Hsu joins China Speakers Bureau
The China Speakers Bureau is happy to include Sara Hsu, offering our financial clients a unique insight in this unique feature. She will soon participate in one of our China Weekly Hangouts to discuss shadow banking in China.Read More →
Why China’s middle class is not doing well – Shaun Rein
While consumer confidence in China might be high in general, the so-called middle class – earning between 6,000 and 115,000 US dollar per year – are fairly pessimistic, explains business analyst Shaun Rein at CNBC. Mid-tier consumer brands are being hit, he predicts.Read More →
Demand for new houses continues to be strong – Shaun Rein
The government has been trying to cool down the overheated real estate industry, but demand for new houses remain high, whatever the government does, tells Shanghai-based business analyst Shaun Rein at the BBC.Read More →
China’s retail, moving from the big boys to the little guys – Paul French
China consumers are outspending the moderate GDP growth, but underlying changing undermine the big players in retail, as the sales increasingly go to the little guys, including e-commerce, writes retail analyst Paul French in the China Economic Review.Read More →
Japan rethinks its China-policy – Howard French
Japan is quietly trying to repair its relationship with China, as it is not longer sure in the cause of a conflict, it will be backed by the United States, writes the Japan Times. Author Howard French analyses how Japan deals with this new uncertainty in international relations.Read More →
Facial masks, another score for L’Oreal – Ben Cavender
The French L’Oreal groups bought China’s leading facial masks group Magic Holdings. A brilliant move, says retail analyst Ben Cavender in the China Daily, in a fast growing market segment.Read More →
Why Chinese do not read books anymore – Zhang Lijia
In volumes, quality and quantity China’s book industry might have exploded, but Chinese are no longer reading books, concludes The Atlantic, quoting the author Zhang Lijia on how a changing China changed book-reading habits.Read More →
Jilted mistresses on the corruption bandwagon – Zhang Lijia
President Xi Jinping’s struggle against corrupt officials gets a juicy turn as dumped mistresses use the internet to get even with their former lovers, explains author Zhang Lijia on het website. Zhang Lijia is currently working on a book on prostitution in China.Read More →
Millionaires’ confidence drops for second consecutive year – Rupert Hoogewerf
The confidence of China’s millionaires in the country’s economy has been dropping for the second consecutive year, reports the GroupM Knowledge-Hurun Wealth Report 2013. Their focus is on good health, tells Hurun president Rupert Hoogewerf in the China Daily.Read More →
Why Adidas is overtaking Nike – Ben Cavender
Adidas is gaining ground on the China market leader for sport articles. While Nike focuses on the big stars, Adidas is winning because of a marketing strategy that focuses much more on the lifestyle of ordinary users, tells retail analyst Ben Cavender in AdAge.Read More →
Creating jobs no longer tops economic concerns – Arthur Kroeber
The magic dance around China’s annual GDP has become a different ball game, tells economist Arthur Kroeber in the China Money Podcast. And linking the country’s economic growth to the growth of jobs is nonsense anyway.Read More →