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Month: October 2016

Tiffany: The best luxury website of 2016

October 24, 2016 by John Yunker

This year, we benchmarked the following seven luxury websites for the 2016 Web Globalization Report Card: Burberry Cartier Gucci Hermès Louis Vuitton Ralph Lauren Tiffany Out of these websites Tiffany …

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Categories Global gateway fail, Global Marketing, Global navigation, Languages, Retail globalization, Usability, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Country Codes of the World XL

October 20, 2016 by John Yunker

I love to design custom Country Code or IDN prints for various companies and organizations. And, on occasion, these prints can be quite large, as shown below: This photo is from the London …

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Categories Country Codes, IDN (Intl. Domain Name)

More than half of the leading global websites support Thai

November 19, 2016October 18, 2016 by John Yunker

Following up on my previous post, I was asked just how prevalent Thai is on the leading global brands. According to the 2016 Web Globalization Report Card, Thai is now …

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Categories Languages, Thailand, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Web localization is a black and white issue

October 17, 2016 by John Yunker

The death of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej has led to stores running out of black and white clothing as the population mourns its leader in color-appropriate clothing. What does this …

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Categories Apple, Business globalization, Culture, Global Marketing, Microsoft, Samsung, Starbucks, Thailand, Web Globalization

WordPress reaches 50 languages as it expands into India

October 10, 2016 by John Yunker

This blog began more than a decade ago when WordPress was available in English only. WordPress is now available, fully translated, in 50 languages, in impressive achievement. Polyglots Team Experiences …

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Categories Crowdsourcing, India, Languages, Translation, Web Globalization, Wordpress

Are you celebrating India’s festival season? Amazon sure is

February 11, 2017October 2, 2016 by John Yunker

Flipkart has long been the dominant ecommerce retailer in India, but Amazon is no longer content to remain in second place. Amazon launched its Great Indian Festival promotion this week with free prizes including a …

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Categories Amazon, Chevrolet, Global Marketing, Holidays, India, India Festival Season, Retail globalization, Singles Day, Web Globalization

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