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China Consumer

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Estee Lauder distributor sues NetEase’s Kaola
Mar 29, 2019 (WiC 446)

Gucci’s CEO Marco Bizzarri has been resolute about refusing to partner with Chinese e-commerce firms. “Frankly speaking, on most of the platforms there’s a lot of counterfeiting and I don’t want to certify counterfeiting because I belong ...

Politics in the park

Disney English falls out with VIPKID
Mar 29, 2019 (WiC 446)

VIPKID and Disney English, two leading providers of English language education, are in direct competition. Both target students aged 2-18, both have a global presence and both advocate a creative learning environment. On March 18 Walt Disney ...

Gree turns every single employee into a sales rep
Mar 22, 2019 (WiC 445)

There are no set rules for what makes a great CEO. Excelling at selling stuff certainly helps. Nearly 15% of Fortune 500 bosses started their careers in sales, according to a 2017 survey by Heidrick & Struggles, a recruitment firm. Cisco’s ...

Short-seller accuses Zhou Hei Ya of inflating sales figures
Mar 22, 2019 (WiC 445)

“I’ll say they’re a fraud, and I’ll short. But when they do go to zero, I win, you all lose,” pronounced Dan David in the documentary The China Hustle. Over the past few years short-seller reports have mushroomed. Most have ...

Starbucks brewing threat?

Tim Hortons enters the grinding war to lure Chinese coffee lovers
Mar 15, 2019 (WiC 444)

Starbucks’ hottest product in China this month isn’t quite what you’d expect. Known as the “Cat Paw Cup” it’s a translucent tumbler with a paw-sculpted interior. It was so popular stocks sold out in less than a day, while prices bid ...

Are diamonds forever?

Will made-in-China synthetic gems drag down diamond prices?
Mar 15, 2019 (WiC 444)

For decades, moissanite has been a popular diamond substitute. Although the two have different chemical properties, moissanite looks diamond-like. Unscrupulous sellers in China have cheated less expert local consumers by charging them a real ...

Yeshu coconut drink criticised for its misleading and erotic marketing style
Mar 8, 2019 (WiC 443)

The practice of using erotica in marketing to lure customers dates back as least far as the 1870s. That’s when Pearl Tobacco featured a nude female figure reminiscent of Botticelli’s Venus on its posters. Pears Soap, likewise, pictured a ...

Lee Man-tat
Mar 1, 2019 (WiC 442)

There is an old Chinese saying that “wealth does not last beyond three generations”. But the adage clearly does not apply to the Lee family behind the century-old LKK Group, which controls sauce brand Lee Kum Kee and health supplement giant ...

Hong Kong’s Wanchai Ferry stands tall amid African swine fever outbreak
Feb 22, 2019 (WiC 441)

The African swine flu epidemic continues to spread across China. The major livestock production province Shandong reported new cases of the contagion this week, taking the tally of confirmed cases to 100 across 27 regions since last ...

Category killer?

China cracks down on ‘cosmeceutical’ products
Feb 8, 2019 (WiC 440)

“In their eyes we are still gullible sheep waiting to be killed.” So wrote Chinese blogger Hao Yu, also known as Dr Big Mouth, in a critical post about Crème de La Mer face cream last autumn. Hao subsequently sued the Estee Lauder-owned ...

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