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Can Xiaomi Get Its Mojo Back?

June 20, 2016 By Liu Sha

Xiaomi, once the most popular smartphone vendor in China, is showing signs of decline. Back in the day, Xiaomi broke the mold by offering a feature-rich phone at an impossibly low price point. Its unique marketing strategy and business model helped it to break online sales records. But soon others started copying Xiaomi’s strategy and the novelty wore off. The company has been slow to innovate. For phone buyers, Xiaomi ended up being a low-end phone: once they had enough money, they would upgrade to an Apple or Samsung. Today Xiaomi is quickly diversifying from phones to rice cookers and drones. But is that enough to come back to relevance?

Filed Under: All Articles, Consumers, Digital Economy, Globalization, Know China, Technology Tagged With: Automobiles, Smart Home, Smartphone, Technology, Xiaomi

Poised for Takeoff: China’s Internet of Things

September 24, 2015 By Matthew Fulco

Can China become a global leader in the Internet of Things?

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, Innovation, Technology Tagged With: Baidu, Haier, IoT, Slider, Smart Home, Technology, Xiaomi

The Next Big Gold Rush: China’s Smart Home Market

May 29, 2015 By Li Hui

Several companies—from tech giants like Alibaba to durables manufacturers like Haier—are betting big on the Smart Home market in China. Who’s doing what?

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Infographics, Innovation, Talent Tagged With: Alibaba, Baidu, Haier, Infographics, JD.com, Slider, Smart Home, Xiaomi

Future Perfect: Smart Home Technologies Take Off

May 28, 2015 By Li Hui

Smart Home technologies are out to change the way we live and make our life more efficient.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, Infographics, Innovation, Technology Tagged With: Alibaba, Electronics, Haier, Infographics, JD.com, Slider, Smart Home, Xiaomi

China’s Robam Bets Big on the Smart Appliances Market

May 25, 2015 By Major Tian

Zhao Jihong, President of the Hangzhou-based high-end kitchen appliance maker Robam, believes that the future belongs to smart appliances.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Consumers, Know China, Marketing Tagged With: Competition, Consumers, Interviews, Smart Home, Suning, Tmall

Can ShenQi Help Lenovo Conquer the Chinese Smartphone Market?

May 6, 2015 By Major Tian

By keeping start-up ShenQi at arm’s length, parent company Lenovo is hoping to get ahead of nimble rivals in the Chinese smartphone industry. An interview with CEO Chen Xudong.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Digital Economy, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technology Tagged With: 3D Printing, E-Commerce, Internet of Things, Lenovo, Slider, Smart Home, Smartphone, Start-ups, Xiaomi

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