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BMW China: Foot to the Floor

July 1, 2015 By Neelima Mahajan

BMW China President and CEO Karsten Engel on how China became the company’s largest market globally, and how things are shaping up in the ‘New Normal’.

Filed Under: All Articles, Automobile Industry, Best Practice, Branding, C-Suite Interview, Conversations, ExpertSpeak, Know China, Marketing Tagged With: BMW, Car Dealerships, EV, Lower-Tier Cities, MNC Strategy in China, Slider

China’s Luxury Market Grows in Lower-Tier Cities

July 10, 2013 By Neelima Mahajan

Ogilvy & Mather Chief Knowledge Officer Kunal Sinha believes that China’s lower tier cities hold the key to the country’s growth If you thought that China is all about big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, think again. The next big areas of growth are lower cities in China’s interiors. With 200 million households, rising incomes […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China, Consumers, Demographics, Employment, Know China, Retail, Videos Tagged With: Consumers, Kunal Sinha, Lower-Tier Cities, Luxury Brands, Luxury Goods, Slider, Urbanization

Lower-tier Cities: China’s Next Big Thing

July 9, 2013 By Neelima Mahajan

Ogilvy & Mather’s Kunal Sinha believes that China’s lower-tier cities hold the key to the country’s growth If you thought that China is all about big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, think again. The next big areas of growth are lower-cities in China’s interiors. With 200 million households, rising incomes and growing opportunities, China’s […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China, Consumers, Demographics, Employment, Know China, Videos Tagged With: Kunal Sinha, Lower-Tier Cities, Slider, Urbanization

Download the June 2013 issue of CKGSB Magazine: Future of Freemium

July 1, 2013 By CKGSB Knowledge

You are invited to download the June issue of CKGSB Magazine. You’ll enjoy articles and interviews like: COVER STORY: The Future of Freemium: In light of the recent debate over whether WeChat should start charging its users, CKGSB Magazine takes a close look at the freemium model in which a company provides the bulk of its services […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Technology Tagged With: 3G, 4G, Automobiles, Bottom of the Pyramid, Freemium, IPOs, Jingdong, Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, Lenovo, LinkedIn, Lower-Tier Cities, Magazine, Mobile, Real Estate, Rothschild, Skype, Slider, State Owned Enterprises, Stockmarket, Stuart Hart, WeChat

The New Big Spenders

November 16, 2012 By Matthew Jukes and Yan Ruiying

Luxury brands change tactics to drive sales in tier-two and tier-three cities   Just a decade ago, Jiefangbei Pedestrian Street in downtown Chongqing was a bustling hub of cheap goods and low-end domestic brands. To see a woman stroll down the street toting a Louis Vuitton bag wouldn’t have been unbelievable: everyone would have just […]

Filed Under: 2012, All Articles, Best Practice, Branding, China, Consumers, Marketing Tagged With: Lower-Tier Cities, Luxury Brands, Luxury Goods, Slider, Tier-2 Cities, Tier-3 Cities

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