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Health awareness profoundly influences sport branding – Ashley Dudarenok
Health awareness has a profound influence on the requirements of consumers, and brands should pay notice, says marketing expert Ashley Dudarenok tells the Jing Daily.“Women’s athleisure needs to be both fashionable and professional,” she says.Read More →
Chill in China’s tech sector continues even now the crackdown has ended – Shaun Rein
China’s crackdown on its tech sector in the past few years might have loosened, but the fallout is still hurting its development after the government has loosed its grip, says business analyst Shaun Rein to AP. “The crackdown was deep and cut far to the bone, probably more than the government expected it to,” said Shaun Rein,Read More →
Consumer sentiment is slowly improving – Ashley Dudarenok
Domestic tourism in China saw a jump, and consumer sentiment is improving more slowly after the zero-Covid policies ended, says consumer expert Ashley Dudarenok at CNBC. Brands are relucted in spending their marketing budgets. Dudarenok said that heading into 2023 and the Lunar New Year, some smaller brands had turned more conservative on China and cut their marketing budgets for the country in half.Read More →
Why China’s low fertility rate is a serious problem – Zhang Lijia
China saw for the first time its population drop. Journalist and author Zhang Lijia explains in the South China Morning Post why the government should take this development seriously and what actions it could take. “Leaders will have to learn to treat citizens with respect,” she adds.Read More →
China’s risk in the unlikely case of a US default – Arthur Kroeber
A default of the US is highly unlikely, even in the current chaotic political setting in the United States, says leading China economist Arthur Kroeber, but today the risks for China are much higher than during the 2008-2009 crisis. A crisis would not offer an opportunity to build an international financial system around the Renminbi, next to the US dollar, he adds in the ChinaFile.Read More →
How Ashley Dudarenok became a Hongkonger
Russian-born China digital marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok has been spending much of her recent professional life in Hong Kong. In December she swapped her Russian passport for a Hong Kong one and became a real Hongkonger. In the South China Morning Post, she explains why.Read More →
3 steps for China digital marketing in 2023 – Ashley Dudarenok
Marketing guru Ashley Dudarenok looks at steps to take in 2023 for the digital marketing of your brand in China. How are we doing, what is our vision and how do we get there, these are the key questions Dudarenok dives into in her vlog.Read More →
Why China is heading for a fundamental breakdown – Harry Broadman
China is heading for a fundamental breakdown, argues Harry Broadman, Partner, and Chair, Emerging Markets Practice, Berkeley Research Group LLC, at a wide-ranging speech at the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, November 2022 (Charleston, South Carolina). It started by bailing out investors at its stock markets, which are no real markets, he says. Read More →
Japan’s Covid-discrimination will be hit by China boycotts – Shaun Rein
Japan is hitting China’s citizens with unfair Covid restrictions, and will in return suffer from retaliatory actions by the Chinese, says business analyst Shaun Rein to CNBC. The contrary effects on Japan’s economy will be huge, he says.Read More →
Why the 200 US-listed China companies are not yet off the hook – Winston Ma
Two hundred Chinese companies listed in the US thought they would get a pass when the PCAOB accepted late last year the auditing process for those companies. But financial analyst Winston Ma warns there are still significant uncertainties for those firms, as the SEC still indicates on its website those companies are still in danger of being delisted, he tells CNBC.Read More →
What has changed on Taiwan, the economy in China? – Ian Johnson
China veteran Ian Johnson, senior fellow for China studies at the Council on Foreign Relations think-tank, discusses at Channel News Asia how different China might treat much-discussed political issues like Taiwan after the visit of US House speaker Pelosi and possible new tracks in economic directions. The recent shift of focus towards the private sector as a key part of China’s economic growth strategy is more of a “tactical adjustment” instead of a change in the leadership’s thinking, said Mr. Johnson.Read More →
How Chinese brands work on their heritage – Rupert Hoogewerf
Hurun chief researcher Rupert Hoogewerf issued the most successful Chinese heritage brands list for 2022, raking the 550-year-old Pien Tze Huang, a traditional Chinese medicine brand, and a current valuation of just under US$30bn. “That makes it the Number One most successful Chinese Heritage Brand,” says Rupert Hoogewerf.Read More →