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Hermes, best of the best for luxury buyers – Ben Cavender
Some luxury brands keep on growing, despite a recession. Hermes expects to grow, also in the upcoming five years and Ben Cavender, principal at the China Market Research Group explains on China Daily why.Read More →
China in numbers: a tough call – Arthur Kroeber
Making sense out of China’s economy by the statistics is tough, explains economic analyst Arthur Kroeber in NPR. The percentage of unemployed tells us very little, although there might be some proxies, he muses.Read More →
China’s rich now only go for top luxury brands – Rupert Hoogewerf
Previous darlings of the luxury industry like Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Omega, Versace and Hugo Boss are out of grace, as the country’s really rich focus on high quality, the real stuff, in stead of those parvenu brands. Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf explains in the China Daily what has changed.Read More →
Mixed messages from the rich in real estate – Rupert Hoogewerf
China’s economy resembles a roller coaster in many ways, and especially China’s rich in real estate had a very rough year, some falling down, other still moving up, tells Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf in the Wall Street Journal.Read More →
Aircraft carrier divides military analysts – Wendell Minnick
It looks like an aircraft carrier, it has been an aircraft carrier in the past, but when the recently launched Liaoning cannot let planes land or leave, is it perhaps only a helicopter carrier? Military analysts are heavily divided, writes defense expert Wendell Minnick in Defense News.Read More →
Fulfillment for China’s ultra rich – Rupert Hoogewerf
Getting things right for China’s ultra rich is becoming an art in itself. Hurun rich list founder Rupert Hoogewerf tells on the website Elite Traveler a few of the secrets on this most lucrative market – if you get things right.Read More →
What is keeping China from global IT dominance – Maria Korolov
China hosts some of the largest competitors of Google, YouTube and other IT-giants. Still, becoming a global IT force is far away, writes journalist and internet entrepreneur Maria Korolov in Internet Evolution.Read More →
Family firms feel constraints after one generation – Rupert Hoogewerf
Private firms in China are 95% family-owned, but after a generation of development, many firm have problems in changing into new generation, writes China rich list Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf in the Global Times, as internal power struggles develop.Read More →
China’s rich “still going strong” despite bloodletting – Rupert Hoogewerf
China’s rich saw much of their capital shrink over the past year, the 14th Hurun rich list disclosed yesterday. But looking at the past decade, wealth still has boomed tremendously, adds Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf in Reuters.Read More →
Tainted milk hurt cereal growth opportunities – Paul French
Kellog is the second cereal maker, after Weetabix, trying to enter the China market. But ongoing milk scandals have made the market a hard one to crack, tells retail analyst Paul French to AP. Nevertheless, Kellog sees possibilities for growth.Read More →
Wealth evaporates for most of China’s rich – Rupert Hoogewerf
Almost half of China’s top-1000 wealthy saw their resources decline, according to the 14th annual Hurun Report, published today. The total number of billionaires dropped and 37 even lost more than half of their wealth, says Hurun founder Rupert Hoogewerf. Read More →
New stealth fighter disclosed during Panetta trip – Wendell Minnick
Pictures of a new stealth fighter, the J-21 and/or J-31, showed up on time for the visit of US Defense secretary Leon Panetta to China, writes defense specialist Wendell Minnick in Defense News.Read More →