Four things you can learn about retail from China
If you are in the business of selling to consumers, you would do well to look at China to get a glimpse of the future. There are four major changes on the...

December 10, 2025 • by Paul Strebel in China • 8 min read
Too many strategies fail by following a trend that is running out of steam. Instead, get ahead of the competition by capitalizing on evolutionary cycles to change direction, as BYD and Xiaomi...
Continue readingJanuary 25, 2022 • by Winter Nie, Mark J. Greeven, Yunfei Feng in China • 2 min read
If you are in the business of selling to consumers, you would do well to look at China to get a glimpse of the future. There are four major changes on the...
January 24, 2022 • by Winter Nie, Mark J. Greeven, Philip Rosenzweig in China • 4 min read
China’s retail revolution draws on convenience and technology to fulfil customer needs in innovative ways....
December 17, 2021 in China • 4 min read
With COVID-19 and fallout from the US-China trade war, global supply chain managers have had much on their plates recently. Next up: coping with climate change and integrating Africa, says Mark Slade,...
December 9, 2021 • by Mark J. Greeven in China • 8 min read
By putting the consumer’s needs at the center, China’s retail companies have rethought the value chain and reinvent the retail model, delivering a greater and more relevant retail experience to consumers, argued...
November 22, 2021 • by Peter Vogel, Yunfei Feng, Lise Møller in China • 6 min read
Many Chinese entrepreneurs who set up businesses during the economic liberalization of the late 1970s and 1980s are nearing retirement age without a willing or well-prepared family heir. It’s a timely reminder...
November 3, 2021 • by Alicia GarcÃa Herrero in China • 4 min read
Faced with an inevitable slowing of economic growth, Xi Jinping is driving a sea change in China, says Alicia GarcÃa-Herrero, Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis....
October 21, 2021 • by Bin Li in China • 4 min read
The first online loan products for SMEs in China to be offered through mobile channels come thanks to the country’s recent fintech revolution. We spoke to Bin Li, Chief Researcher of Fintech...
October 5, 2021 • by Mark J. Greeven in China • 4 min read
The level of complexity and uncertainty in today’s global economy, and even within our own organizations, can feel overwhelming. Learning to create and orchestrate ecosystems can help, says Mark Greeven....
September 1, 2021 in China • 5 min read
AI-enhanced design and production processes will lie at the heart of China’s high-tech manufacturing future, says Chadwick Xu, CEO of engineering technology firm, Shenzhen Valley Ventures (SVV)....
June 17, 2021 • by Arturo Bris in China • 6 min read
Why is the second largest economy only 16th in global competitiveness? Size and state dominance may still be partly to blame, but the People’s Republic is moving in the right direction, writes...
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