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BY KEITH NUTHALL

WINNERS

TUNISIA

Of all the countries disrupted by the Arab Spring revolts in 2011, Tunisia liberated itself in the swiftest and most business-friendly fashion. This key European supplier rid itself of despotic President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on January14, and one week later, its textile and clothing sector was back at work.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

RETAIL – WINNERS AND LOSERS

WINNERS

MARKS & SPENCER

Times may still be tough in its home British market, but M&S showed forward-thinking foresight in 2011- on sourcing transparency and the environment: potential key issues for future consumers.…

BY MARK GODFREY and MJ DESCHAMPS

THE EXTENSION of the European Union’s (EU) emission trading scheme to the civil aviation sector might have been welcomed by environmentalists, but it has upset politicians and industry leaders abroad notably in the United States and China.…

BY ANDREW MCEWEN

ASK a school supplies business owner in Beijing why she loves a certain knitted cashmere line and her response might make you blush.

"Thermal underwear, great!" laughs Liu Qiao, 47. "I bought a pair of cashmere long johns for my husband last year and he loves them.…

BY MARK GODFREY

THE iPhone 4 and pricey bottles of Bordeaux appear to have become unlikely but essential business tools to crack the China market. "We have staff flying to Hong Kong to get them as soon as they hit the Apple Stores there," explains a European dealmaker who links state-owned Chinese energy firms with Western suppliers of turbines and high-tech tooling machines for the energy sector.…

BY ANDREW MCEWEN

A POTENTIAL liberalisation of Chinese luxury good import tariffs could lower the price of high-end cashmere goods in China, bringing them closer to Hong Kong and Europe prices, an international conference has been told.

The move has been spurred by a boom in personal imports by travelling wealthy Chinese.…

BY MARK GODFREY

CHINA poses tricky challenges for personal care product packaging executives. While the country’s mass market is often influenced by fads – such as a current green-is-good phase – its consumers are suspicious of manufacturers and want to be reassured about quality.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE

THE WESTERN financial system is undergoing profound change, of weakened trust in the sector, heightened tax regulations, pressure to curb banking secrecy and tougher regulatory compliance. As a result, the owners of legal and extra-legal capital who are looking for a safe haven for their money are starting to consider destinations outside the established offshore jurisdictions – the less regulated financial centres of the Middle East and Asia.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

Pragati Leadership is one of the major leadership development firms offering professional coaching services in India, with 18 professionals in its core team, including 10 full-time consultants and eight associate consultants. It also has nine network partners, including six independent franchisees offering coaching services across India and three partner companies abroad – in the USA, France and Hong Kong.…

BY MICHAEL KOSMIDES

WITH Greece on the brink of financial default, and consumer spending power diminishing, the country’s consumers are less than concerned about looking their best, at a time where they are being forced to cut down on even the essentials – thus posing a challenge for the Greek cosmetics industry.…