Small is no longer beautiful for retailers. With customers returning to the shops, almost all retailers are now focusing on large format stores (15,000 to 20,000 sq ft or above) that allow them to sel…
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Haworth collaborates on China Greentech Report 2009
The China Greentech Report 2009, an open-source, commercial research collaboration of Haworth and over 80 of the world’s leading technology companies, service firms, entrepreneur…
AmCham Shanghai honours Coca-Cola’s outstanding CSR efforts in China
The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai today announced Coca-Cola China as the winner of the 2009 CSR Award at the AmCham Shanghai 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Conference and Awards, hono…
Rising inflation may impede pace of recovery: OECD
With inflationary pressures building up at the initial stages of recovery in the Indian economy, choosing the right time for withdrawal of the fiscal and monetary stimulus remains a major challenge fo…
World recover ‘modest’, debt must stop: OECD
China, Asia and the United States are pulling the world out of an economic vortex with surprising if "modest" speed, India’s OECD declared on Thursday.…
Number of Indian billionaires almost doubles in a year
Happier days are back for India’s rich who saw their fortunes dwindle during the recession as the country’s billionaire list has doubled from last year to 52, according to the Forbes annua…
Hong Kong Mystery Shopping Survey – October 2009
According to the results of Synovate’s Hong Kong Mystery Shopping study, almost two-thirds of consumers think mystery shopping provides an important way for key service industries to monitor the…
Japan bans French poultry imports
Japan is suspending imports from French poultry suppliers following an outbreak of bird flu at a duck farm, a report said Wednesday.
The ban, which includes imports of foie gras, will last at least 90…
Factoring in the factory
From Seoul to San Francisco, manufacturing sentiment has recovered quickly from the sudden shock of the global recession last year, when world trade stopped dead and unsold stock piled up in warehouse…
India Inc gets into bear hug with Russian consumers
The Year of India in Russia — as 2009 is officially known — has helped India Inc get into a long bear hug with the Russian consumer. They are lapping up everything — from Ratan Tata&…