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The Increasingly Essential Role of Emerging Markets

The pressure to meet sales targets in an increasingly competitive market has prompted even the biggest retetailers to look to new markets.Amazon...

Chinese Sports Brands are Gearing Up to Become Global Players

Domestic sports brand Anta built a big international profile.China’s market is big, but so is the competition. While fashion brands have t...

China’s Growing Sports Sector Lures Investors

While still way behind developed nations, China’s sports sector is poised for massive growth.Aided by a national plan to boost the sports indust...

Fast Retaling Sees Opportunities Where Others See Obstacles

Ambitious Uniqlo is looking to beat out rivals H&M and Inditex as the biggest fast fashion retailer. It’s a tough challenge. Bot...

5 Things We Expect During This Year’s Singles’ Day

Last year, Alibaba’s Tmall and Taobao Platform Singles’ Day recorded RMB120.7 billion (US$18.11 billion) in sales on Singles’ Day, up 32.3% from 20...

China’s Legacy Purchasing Meeting Model Starts to Change

Competition is forcing even the most stalwart companies to seek more agile inventory management.China’s legacy retail purchasing model has come ...

China’s Massive Online Market Shifts Gears

The combination of a huge population and high e-commerce penetration rate has laid a solid foundation for China’s online retail development. In the f...

How La Chapelle Wins by Giving the Customer What She Wants

La Chapelle has built a fast growing billion-dollar retail company by following their customers’ tastes, rather than fashion trends. As the...

China Sees an Up Tick in Textile Exports – and Profits

The sun is once again shining on China’s textile sector. The industry that the nation was allegedly planning to abandon in favor of higher tech ...

China Mfg: Moving Up and Moving Out

Chinese suppliers have come to realize that the only way out is up. Even the most volume-driven, mass-market suppliers have realized there is no ...

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