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A look back at the language growth of eBay, Coke, Apple, AmEx and Amazon

February 13, 2014 by John Yunker

Sometimes it’s difficult to see a revolution when you’re standing right in the middle of it. Which is how I still feel sometimes when it comes to web globalization. Web globalization feels at times like slow-moving revolution. Every year, companies …

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Categories Apple, Business globalization, Retail globalization, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

The decline of foreign markets and the rise of local markets

September 8, 2010 by John Yunker

An article in The Wall Street Journal talks about the American “two track” economy — in which US companies that sell globally are doing much better than those focused only domestically. One quote jumped out at me: But John Farrell, …

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Categories Business globalization, Web Globalization

In Canada, .ca is replacing .com

March 18, 2010 by John Yunker

I spent a few days in Canada recently and was struck but how many billboards, newspapers, and web sites prominently displayed .ca instead of .com. I started writing down every localized domain I encountered and here’s what I ended up …

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Categories Business globalization, Country Codes

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