When three activists investigating labour abuses at a factory that makes Ivanka Trump shoes in China were arrested, the brand stayed silent for a week and then attempted to distance itself from the controversy by…
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How China’s ‘Little Fresh Meat’ Give Luxury Brands a Big Boost
L’Occitane Experienced Double-Digit Growth in China in 2017 At the 2017 annual result briefing for French cosmetics company L’Occitane on June 12, Andre Hoffmann, the president of the company’s Asia-Pacific region, said the company experienced…
China Calls, Gerber Answers With Tmall Global
For many global brands, entering the China market is a very conscious and strategic choice. For others, China chooses them. That was the case for iconic baby-food company Gerber. Chinese distributors had been importing its…
Lululemon Taps China’s Digital Natives Craving Experiential Luxury
Lululemon has always been a brand with a strong culture of experiential retail, but in China, the Canadian fitness apparel company strikes a particular chord with a fanbase hungry for community. This was especially apparent…
Postcards from China: Branding and Creating Chinese Names for International Companies
When it comes to China, you might think, “My brand won’t change just because I’m expanding to a new country!” You couldn’t be more wrong! An awareness of the necessary intercultural adjustments is the key…
China invites Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner to Beijing later this year
At least I know China tried! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 20, 2017 CBS News’ Margaret Brennan reported Tuesday that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis are meeting on Wednesday…
Ford to switch Focus production to China, keep larger models in U.S.
Ford Motor Company will move production of its small Focus sedan to China starting in 2019, and then ship the vehicles back for North American customers for the first time ever. Ford already makes some…
Billionaire fortunes are suddenly vanishing in China IPO frenzy
Beijing Xinwei didn’t respond to phone calls and an emailed request for comment. Some of China’s IPO tycoons have managed to stay above the billion-dollar mark even as their companies’ share prices retreated from post-listing…
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam: ‘I am no puppet of Beijing’
Carrie Lam thinks there is a place for her in heaven. “Because I do good things,” she says. She tells me this with a straight face. In fact, the 60-year-old career civil servant is relentlessly…
As China trial looms, offshore offices of James Packer’s Crown are hard to find
The apparent retreat underscores the scale of the fallout from the detentions, which fuelled concern that China was clamping down on overseas casino operators that drum up business on the mainland. Any scaling back of…
China shares get long-sought MSCI index listing
US stock index provider MSCI has agreed to include China’s mainland domestic shares in its emerging markets index for the first time. The move is a step forward for Beijing as it attempts to open…
Ford to move Focus production to China, sees no US job loss
Ford Motor Co. will export vehicles from China to the U.S. for the first time starting in 2019. Ford said Tuesday it plans to move production of its Ford Focus small car from the U.S.…
Ford to build the Focus in China instead of Mexico
Ford will shift production of the Focus compact car from the United States to China. And in a first for the automaker, it will ship many of these cars back to the U.S. to sell.…
