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CHINESE WOMEN SEEK COMSUMER SAFETY THROUGH BUYING COSMETICS WITH NATURAL INGREDIENTS
BY WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI
THE DEMAND for natural ingredients-based skin care products has been growing so fast in China that both multinational and domestic cosmetics companies are pouring new products onto the market to attract consumers, both men and women, with different levels of income.…
EMERGING MARKET COUNTRIES MANAGEMENT BRIEFING OUTSOURCING SUPPLIERS STILL WANT TO DESIGN AND OWN BRANDS - BUT PROGRESS IS SLOW
BY SHEENA ROSSITER, IN SÃO PAULO; RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, IN NEW DELHI; HELEN CLARK, IN HANOI; AND WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI
THE GROWTH in outsourcing has been maybe the most important trend in the clothing and textile sector in the past decade, with emerging market countries offering increasingly reliable and sophisticated services.…
NEW OUTSOURCING PLAYERS CHALLENGE EXPORT GIANTS
BY POORNA RODRIGO AND MUNZA MUSTAQ, IN COLOMBO
Of course the BRICs countries are far from being the only emerging market suppliers for the global apparel sector – and a knot of competitors such as Bangladesh and Vietnam have long been vying for business.…
CHINA'S HINTERLAND AIRPORTS ARE LOSING MONEY BUT A STRONGER NEW BREED MAY BE EMERGING
BY MARK GAO, IN BEIJING
More than two-thirds of Chinese airports, most in smaller regional centres rather than China’s mega-cities, last year lost a combined Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY2 billion (USD313 million). Yet there will be no let up in the construction of new regional airports in China, given government has dubbed the civil aviation sector as a "strategic industry".…
INTERNATIONAL BRANDS SEEK SALES IN EMERGING MARKETS
BY SHEENA ROSSITER, IN SÃO PAULO; RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, IN NEW DELHI; HELEN CLARK, IN HANOI; AND WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI
WHILE the focus on emerging markets for the big international clothing brands has often been to view them as outsourcing opportunities, the truth is that there are a lot of people with a lot of money in these countries.…
MENGNIU, MODERN DENY CHINA DAIRY ACQUISITION RUMOURS
BY WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI
China’s leading dairy products manufacturer Mengniu has denied rumours it is set on acquiring Modern Farming, a major domestic raw milk supplier based in the eastern Anhui province whose major shareholders include global investment company KKR&Co.…
TOKYO'S MAJOR AIRPORTS ARE SET TO BECOME LINKED - BUT COOPERATION IS STILL LACKING
BY JULIAN RYALL, IN TOKYO
AT present it takes one hour and 32 minutes to complete the transfer between Tokyo’s two main airports Narita and Haneda, hampering the city’s efforts to be seen as the most important aviation hub in western Asia.…
INDIA'S COSMETICS SECTOR PREPARES TO TAP IMMENSE RURAL AND SMALL TOWN MARKET
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, IN NEW DELHI
India’s fast growing personal care products industry – particularly its cosmetics portion – is waking up to the major potential of the country’s rural and semi-urban markets. Major players are targeting these new aspiring consumers with innovative campaigns and targeted products and are set to reap handsome returns.…
CALBEE TO ENTER TAIWAN, EXPANDING IN ASIA
BY WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI
MAJOR Japanese food company Calbee is to set up a 51:49 joint venture in Taipei with the Taiwan local food concern Wei Chuan, a subsidiary of Tingyi International, which is registered in the Cayman Islands as a Taiwan company.…
COFCO AND VANGUARD LEAD CHINESE FOOD SECTOR ADOPTION OF GFSI
BY MARK GODFREY, IN BEIJING
Participating in the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) will help state-owned food distribution conglomerate the China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO) grow sustainably and internationally said quality assurance manager Chen Zhigang.
He told a GFSI conference, in Beijing, the firm wants to grow its food exports, and this will be assisted by GFSI certification.…