Starbucks Wins Back Brand in Russia
According to the Moscow Times, Starbucks “has regained the right to use its brand on coffee houses in Russia after a protracted legal battle with a trademark squatter who was …
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The Other “W” Comes to China
While President Bush is about to enter China, another W is also set to enter the Chinese market — the hotel W. According to this article, the W Shanghai – …
Google News Adds Brazil and Portugal
Google has added Google News Web sites for Brazil and Portugal. This brings the total of language and country specific News sites to 23, assuming I counted correctly… Today Google …
Lionbridge to Triple Workforce in India
According to this article Chief Operating Officer Satish Maripuri says Lionbridge will triple its India workforce over the next few years. Lionbridge had its Q3 earnings call this morning… With …
Of Global Consistency and Current Knowledge
Web usability consultant Jared Spool recently wrote about the difference between designing for “consistency” and designing for “current knowledge.” This concept has great relevance to the design of global Web …
Baidu Beating Google in China
The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) just published a survey of the Chinese search engine market. Baidu comes out on top in market share. But Google is more popular …
Looking for VC Cash? Go Global
According to the Deloitte and NVCA 2005 Global Venture Capital Survey, VCs are increasingly looking outside their borders when making investments. What this non-intuitive exhibit shows is that US VCs …
More on Yahoo!, Alibaba, eBay China…
The media fallout of the billion-dollar Yahoo! Alibaba deal is still rolling in. There’s a good piece in the WSJ about how eBay is trying to avoid a repeat of …
Meet the Chuppies
They’re young, they’re affluent, and they want American goods. Meet the Chuppiers: young, urban, Chinese consumers. UPR commissioned a survey of selected Chuppies (1,140 Chinese consumers between the ages of …
Can Baidu Out-Google Google?
As the stock offering for Chinese search engine Baidu quadrupled on its first day of trading on the NASDAQ, I couldn’t help but wonder what the folks at Google are …
Chinese as a Second Language
Back when I was in college, eons ago, students began taking Japanese language courses in droves. Japan was perceived as an economic threat at the time and we Americans needed …
Wal-Mart in China
This month’s issue of Fortune magazine has an in-depth piece on Wal-Mart’s adventures in China. Despite having been operating in China since 1996, the company has just 43 locations operating …
Branding in China (free download)
Last month, Christopher Liechty, president the AIGA Center for Cross-Cultural Design, moderated a panel on branding in China. The transcript from the session has been published and is available for …
PayPal China To Debut This Year
PayPal has confirmed in the WSJ that it will launch PayPal China by the end of this year. PayPal currently offers a dozen localized Web sites. its growth strategy is …
Dell vs. Lenovo in China
A heated battle is brewing between computer makers Lenovo and Dell in China. And The Wall Street Journal has a very good article on the many issues involved. While Lenovo …