The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai has released a new study that shows companies that view China as both a source of lowercost labor/products as well as a growth market, and integrate these operationally, are much more profitable than companies focused on only one of these items.
The study shows (taken from press release):
• Operations [...]

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Massive shifts in global trade and the overall growth of trade have naturally led to growth within the trade show industry. More new shows are opening and the big shows are getting even bigger. However, the format of these shows remains pretty much unchanged. Attendees simply register and go. Perhaps they’ll peruse the list of [...]

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Google recently introduced a secondary search function this month which is getting mixed reviews.

The upside for Google is:
1. Increased traffic by retaining user’s for additional searches.
2. Increased revenues/profits from added pay-per-click opportunities from Adwords.
For Google user’s, they can enjoy the accuracy of Google’s search technology at a secondary level which should provide increased accuracy versus [...]

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China continues to grow at jaw dropping levels across many different industries and the most recent mobile phone, internet and e-commerce data does not fail to impress.
According to consulting and research firm, BDA, China has surpassed the United States as the world’s largest internet population with over 216 million users. Based upon current growth trends, [...]

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Keep your eyes on the upcoming earnings release from Hong Kong listed Alibaba.com as this is the company’s first ever announcement and should provide insight into sales trends and the possible mergers & acquisitions they keep making reference to.
Alibaba.com’s investor relations site.
Alibaba to announce 2007 Full Year Financial Results
Date: 18 March 2008 (Tuesday)
Time: After the [...]

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Over the past few years there have been a number of improvements in how consumer websites work. No doubt everyone has heard the buzzwords, “Mash-ups”, “Web 2.0” and “The People Internet” many times over the past years. Below is an attempt to define the buzzwords into three basic categories:
New Technologies
Sites are utilizing new technologies such [...]

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For those who don’t know, in the web world, one of the most important methods for understanding users (your clients) is to study their behavior and habits across your business’ website(s). For this, there are many software applications readily available, like Webtrends, that track macro/micro data that can then be manipulated for analysis which, if [...]

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Industry Week recently reported that China’s Producer Pricing Index increased 6.6% in February (over the previous year.) This represents the highest rate of growth in three years. Full Article
Meantime inflation has hit its highest rate in over 11 years. February inflation was 8.7% across the board with food prices up 23.3% year on year.
The current [...]

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We are all familiar with the many issues involved with the global trade of pirated goods. Groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition estimate global counterfeit sales to be $650 billion per year or 5%-7% of all world trade.
That being said, most of the news we see points fingers [...]

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The United States is sending a strong message to importers through recent legislation as well as criminal charges against importers responsible for tainted products.
This past Thursday the U.S. Senate passed legislation that will:
1. Create a database that will aggregate customer complaints related to specific products and their respective manufacturers. This database will be made free [...]

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