Business & Finance
What Premium Luxury Brands Are Made (Or Soon To Be Made) In China?
2009 has been a pivotal year for many Chinese companies hoping to take advantage of the global economic crisis and snap up distressed western brands. Read MoreBook Preview: China and the Credit Crisis
Set for release next March, China and the Credit Crisis: The Emergence of a New World Order is the first book to examine the important part played by China in… Read MorePredictions For 2010: The Chinese Luxury Buyer
Vivian Wai-yin Kwok of Forbes suggests that 2010 will be the a year of continued spending on so-called "practical" luxury items in China (contemporary art, luxury cars, and high-end real… Read MoreIn The Global Luxury Industry, China “Is The Hero At The Moment”
With sales of luxury goods in China expected to reach upwards of $15 billion within the next five years, the country looks like a paradise for luxury brands. But the… Read MoreJing Book Review: Chocolate Fortunes By Lawrence L. Allen
Lawrence L. Allen's Chocolate Fortunes -- a masterfully written journey into the "Chocolate Wars" of the '80s and '90s -- should be required reading for anyone even remotely interested in… Read MoreChina Fertile Ground For Domestic Luxury Brands
Although foreign luxury brands still reign supreme in the China market, there are indications that things are starting to change, gradually, as home-grown Chinese brands start to make more of… Read MoreIndia vs. China: Who Will Win The Luxury Race?
In the wake of last year's economic slump, the world's top luxury brands have intensified their efforts in developing a strong foothold in the emerging world, particularly in the BRIC… Read MoreEmerging-Market Investors Bullish On China’s Middle Class
While the Chinese middle class is expected by many to play a major role in the global economic recovery, their buying (and saving) habits, investment strategies, and long-term financial goals… Read MoreShanghai Developer Plans Luxury Home Furnishing Store “With A Twist”
Although announcements of new large-scale real estate projects in China are nothing new, nor are they particularly exciting on the whole, Ausen Real Estate Development Co.'s recently-announced plans to open… Read More