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The Year of the Pig (one localized website at a time)

February 5, 2019 by John Yunker

Lunar New Year has arrived and, with it, the Chinese New Year (and related Asian New Year celebrations). As I’ve done a few times in the past, I thought I’d …

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Categories BMW, China, Chinese New Year, Culture, Events, Google, Holidays, Nike, Starbucks, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

IKEA: The best global retail website of 2017

April 17, 2017 by John Yunker

For the 2017 Web Globalization Report Card, I benchmarked the following 9 retail websites: H&M IKEA LUSH McDonald’s MUJI Starbucks UNIQLO Walmart Zara For the purposes of this report, the retail segment includes …

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Categories Amazon, Global navigation, Retail globalization, Starbucks, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Web localization in the Year of the Sheep

February 22, 2015February 20, 2015 by John Yunker

I enjoying watching how Western companies localize their websites and products to capitalize on Chinese New Year — the Year of the Sheep (or Goat). Like this gift card from Starbucks …

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Categories China, Microsoft, Nike, Starbucks, Uncategorized

Starbucks in Asia: From serving expats to serving locals

September 30, 2013 by John Yunker

Starbucks currently has 19,000 locations of which 11,000 are in the US. According to this Wall Street Journal Q&A (reg. required), Howard Schultz remains optimistic about Asia: Outside the U.S., Starbucks …

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Categories China, Starbucks, Web Globalization

When does localization become capitulation?

August 15, 2013 by John Yunker

I begin this post with a question because I don’t have an answer. A book making news these days is The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact with Hitler. It’s about Hollywood’s active self-censorship …

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Categories Business globalization, China, Culture, Retail globalization, Starbucks

The top 25 global websites from the 2013 Web Globalization Report Card

August 8, 2017February 21, 2013 by John Yunker

UPDATE: The 2017 Web Globalization Report Card is now available. I’m pleased to announce the top-scoring websites from the 2013 Web Globalization Report Card. This is the ninth annual edition …

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Categories Apple, Business globalization, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Starbucks modifies its global gateway, but problems remain

March 24, 2011 by John Yunker

I noticed recently that Starbucks had launched a new web design, probably to coincide with its newly austere logo. Unfortunately, the new global gateway didn’t improve on the old global …

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Categories Global navigation, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Navigating the multilingual web: The Art of the Global Gateway

September 9, 2010 by John Yunker

In 1999, I first used the term “global gateway.” At the time, I was referring to a company’s “select language” pull-down menu. Needless to say, the term stuck. But it has …

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Categories Global navigation

Best global retail web site: IKEA

August 26, 2010 by John Yunker

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted findings from the 2010 Web Globalization Report Card, but I did want to include a brief note on the retail sector. We define this industry …

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Categories Retail globalization, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Starbucks puts its web site where its growth is

August 24, 2009 by John Yunker

Starbucks may be closing stores in the US, but it’s still growing internationally. According to the Seattle PI: Starbucks recently opened stores in the Czech Republic, Amsterdam and Poland. And …

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Categories Business globalization, Web Globalization

Update on the World’s Number One Starbucks Fan

May 24, 2009 by John Yunker

In 2005, I interviewed a man named Winter, who was on a quest to visit ever Starbucks location on this planet. Four years later, the quest continues. Unfortunately, as documented …

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Categories Web Globalization

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