Will Google Wallet Force PayPal to Accelerate Global Expansion?
The announcement by the WSJ that Google is prepping a payment service is big news in the ecommerce world and, I think, good news for consumers. According to the article, …
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Starbucks in Russia
According to the Moscow Times, Starbucks has opened its first retail location in Russia. No Russian Web site yet, but I have no doubt that one is in the works. …
Microsoft China: Localization or Capitulation?
The news that Microsoft’s new China MSN blogging portal is censoring “prohibited language” such as “democracy, freedom and human rights” is unsettling to say the least. “MSN abides by the …
Engadget Going Global
The techie news blog engadget is launching a China site, with more countries/languages to follow. According to engadget, the site “will feature translations of Engadget posts, as well as original …
Exactly How Big is Big?
VC Michael Moe writes about China and offers a heaping helping of China stats. Here are a few to ponder… China has an official 1.3 billion people—that’s 1/5th of all …
Disney Acting Local in Hong Kong
The NY Times has a great article about the making of Disneyland Hong Kong It looks like Disney learned some painful but important lessons about the importance of localization from …
Global Retail Trends: Are Americans Too Slow?
According to Deloitte’s 2005 report on the retail industry, the “need to go global” is one of the top 10 issues facing retailers. Here are two interesting excerpts… Globalization gained …
What Do Best Buy, UPS, and Nike Have In Common?
I’ve been writing so many blogs about China over the past few months that today I went ahead and created a new “China” category. It’s impossible to keep up on …
Move over FIGS; Here Comes BRIC
Emerging markets are driving the Web globalization revolution. Investment bankers use an acronym that is going to have a major impact on the future of the globalization industry: BRIC. BRIC …
StarOffice Learns a Few More Languages
Sun says that it localize its StarOffice software suite into five additional languages over the next year, which will include Russian, Polish and Dutch. The software is currently available in …
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Compete With ‘Em
The Journal writes about Hollywood’s strategy to (finally) begin discounting DVDs in China in an effort to be more competitive with the pirated DVDs. The discounted DVDs will still cost …
China Wants Control of the Internet
China has nearly 100 million Internet users, so it’s only natural that the country want a stake in how the Internet is managed. Chinese Ambassador Sha Zukang recently said that …
Le Meridien Bets Big On India
The Le Merdien hotel chain plans to double the number of properties in India from 10 to 20 over the next four years. According to the press release, all Le …
The Long Tail In India
Chris Anderson is traveling through India and commenting on globalization along the way…
Random House Setting Up House in India
According to this article Random House is going to set up a publishing operation in India. “It’s time a publishing house like Random has a presence in India. It will …