Chevy, Meet Chery
According to the WSJ, the US will see Chinese-made automobiles by 2007. And we’re not talking about Hondas or Dodges made in China, we’re talking about a Chinese car company …
John Yunker
Web Globalization in Three Basic Steps
I was recently interviewed by the folks at Marketing Sherpa on the basics of Web globalization. The article came out today and is available for free here until January 13th. …
Nike’s Global Sales Growth Outpaces US
Nike announced Q2 numbers and, sure enough, non-US sales are helping the company hit its growth targets. Asia is a bit sluggish but EMEA is booming, seen here: A weak …
The NBA Wants Global Web Users
Measuring Internet traffic is a messy affair. There are competing companies happy to provide the service for a fee, but their numbers often diverge so widely that you can’t help …
English Gains in Chile
According to The Wall Street Journal: When Swedish air-traffic controllers speak to Italian pilots they speak English. When Dutch importers do business with Chinese manufacturers, they use English. Ditto for …
US Population at 295 Million
According to the US Census Bureau, the US will finish 2004 with a population of 295 million, up roughly 3 million over the year before. Thanks to international migration, the …
Software in Emerging Markets
Localization industry organization LISA has posted an interesting Q&A with Ori Redler, co-founder of software vendor RedleX, which has developed a word processing application for the Mac that supports such …
Amazon Adds China to Global Gateway
Amazon recently added China to its global gateway. The link to takes you to Joyo.com, a company Amazon acquired over the summer. It will be interesting to see if Amazon …
McDonald’s China Web Site Hacked
McDonald’s China Web site was hacked, apparently by a person (or people) protesting the company’s reference to Taiwan as a separate country. The Taiwan/China issue is bound to produce headaches …
Global Seasons Greeting
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Job Opening: Web Internationalization
A very exciting (and very technical) position is opening up with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at Keio University in Japan. Your mission is to “advance Web internationalization, so …
Is Staples Global?
It certainly thinks so. Here is a screen grab from their global gateway page: I think they’ve got a long ways to go yet.
Microsoft Lite is Late
The Wall Street Journal documents Microsoft’s efforts to profit from developing markets while battling piracy. As I’ve mentioned before, Microsoft’s response over the past decade to a piracy-prone market has …
Lionbridge on Hiring Spree
Globalization services vendor Lionbridge is on a hiring spree. It posted more than 20 job positions in December, gearing up for a big 2005.
Predicting 2005: From Amazon to Apple
As the end of 2004 draws near, I feel compelled to toss in a few predictions for the year ahead… Web Globalization Goes Mainstream Based on surveys Ive conducted, discussions …