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Fast Fashion in China: Revved Retail

January 27, 2014 By Xin En Lee and Suzanne Edwards

After years of extraordinary growth, has fast fashion peaked in China? In November, property consultancy CBRE reported that landlords in second-tier city retail properties were courting China’s main fast fashion brands to drive foot traffic, going so far as to waive a flat rent rate in exchange for a percentage of turnover to attract these […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Consumers, Know China, Retail Tagged With: Alibaba, Chinese Fashion Industry, Fast fashion, H&M, Inditex, Online Shopping, Retail, Slider, Taobao, Zara

China’s E-Commerce Companies Go Global

June 3, 2013 By Iris Mir

Can China’s e-commerce companies like Jingdong Mall and VANCL replicate their success in international markets? Just a few weeks before stepping down, Jack Ma, the founder and former CEO of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, addressed the students of Stanford University. While talking of his humble start in China’s e-commerce industry and his rise to the […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Branding, China, Connections, Consumers, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Globalization, Know China, Logistics, Retail, Strategy, Supply Chain, Technology Tagged With: 360 Buy, 360buy, 360buy.com, Alibaba, Amazon, Asos, E-Commerce, eBay, eCommerce, Jingdong, Jingdong Mall, Slider, Vancl, Zara

Digital Promised Land: Retailers Look to E-Commerce to Succeed in China

April 15, 2013 By Daniel Garst

Can Western retail brands make it big in China’s e-market? In September 2012, The Home Depot announced that it was closing all seven of its megastores in China. After eight years of consumer research and a $100-million 12-store acquisition, The Home Depot called it quits in China after realizing that China isn’t a sure return […]

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