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GROUP BUYING POSES MARGIN-v-SALES DILEMMA
PURCHASING cosmetics through business-to-consumer (B2C) group-buying websites offering national and local discount deals from third party vendors is catching on in key markets worldwide and positively blossoming in China, but with different nuances according to location. Cosmetics deals are popular on these sites throughout Asia, according to Shanghai, China based Dataotuan.com…
EUROPEAN CAR MAKERS SUPPORTIVE OF EU-WIDE HARMONIZED TECHNICAL CHECKS
IT seems unusual for European car manufacturers to welcome a new dollop of European Union (EU) legislation – but automakers say they are happy to see proposed tougher minimum mandatory requirements for technical checks on cars and commercial vehicles across the 27 country bloc.…
EU ROUND UP – EU PREPARES FOR MAJOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE
THE EUROPEAN Commission has asked oil and gas companies to participate in a major public consultation designed to help it draft reforms promoting the development of new energy technologies. Brussels is planning to release a new policy paper on the subject in the middle of this year.…
EU-JAPAN FTA EXPECTED TO BENEFIT EU NONWOVENS ROLL GOODS OVER CHINESE ONES
A POTENTIAL free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and Japan, for which negotiations will start in earnest this year, could give an advantage to EU exporters of nonwovens roll goods compared to rivals in China and others Asian countries.…
CHINA AUTO INDUSTRY BOSS PREDICTS SOLD GROWTH AS MARKET BALANCES
AS the New Year turned, economists have focused on how China’s economic growth is steadier pace than in the last decade and the auto sector following suit. Speaking exclusively to wardsauto, Dong Yang, secretary general and executive vice chairman of the China Association of Automotive Manufacturers (CAAM), said China sales and output of autos in 2012 should maintain the previous year’s year-on-year (YoY) increase of 5%.…
AUTO MANUFACTURERS WORLDWIDE GRAPPLE WITH THE CONCEPT OF 'PEAK CAR'
BY MARK ROWE
For decades the car industry in the developed world has expanded remorselessly. But a recent flurry of academic papers has come to the conclusion that the West (and other rich countries such as Japan and Australia) may have hit a plateau known as ‘peak car’.…
THE EU SET TO DEFEND ITS CAR MANUFACTURERS FROM ARGENTINA'S IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
BY JONATHAN GILBERT, IN BUENOS AIRES; AND CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS
The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) dispute settlement body discussed today in Geneva a complaint lodged by the European Union (EU) against Argentine import restrictions which is harming EU auto and auto-part exports.…
EU ENERGY REGULATORS CLAIM EUROPEAN GAS PRICES ARE STARTING TO CONVERGE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A REPORT released by the European Union’s (EU) umbrella groups for gas and electricity regulators has claimed wholesale energy prices within the EU are beginning to converge, as cross-border sales develop. Consumer prices still varied significantly between the EU’s 27 member states, however.…
EU CAR MAKERS DISPUTE CLAIMS THEY ARE AHEAD IN MEETING PLANNED 2020 CO2 EMISSION TARGETS
BY CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS
EUROPEAN car producers may claim that meeting the European Commission’s planned 2020 95 g CO2/km emission targets is tough, but a report published by the Brussels-based NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) claims that the automakers are actually on track.…
EUROPEAN AUTO-MAKERS SOUNDS ALARM BELLS OVER EU-JAPAN TRADE TALKS
BY ALAN OSBORN, IN LONDON, AND JULIAN RYALL, IN TOKYO
EUROPE’S automakers have reacted with ill-disguised dismay to the European Union’s (EU) decision (announced last Thursday) to begin negotiations with Japan for a free trade agreement (FTA). The motor industry’s trade association ACEA said "independent studies have shown that this deal is a one-way street as far as the automobile industry is concerned."…