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- How China’s “Near-Perfect Competition” market changes brand strategiesWhen I first started to study economics, one of the concepts that caught my imagination was “perfect competition”. While there are many detailed explanations of what this is, perfect competition is essentially a market with the following characteristics: Chinese E-Commerce: The “Near-Perfect” Competition Analogy While working on brands in China, I’ve often been blown awayContinue reading “How China’s “Near-Perfect Competition” market changes brand strategies”
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- What the US and China trade in – and how will it be affected by tariff warsChina responded to the US announcement of tariffs by announcing its own counter-tariffs, a move which was met with a threat of even higher tariffs by the US on imports from China. Where that escalation will end, nobody knows, but we thought it might be instructive to look at what key categories of goods areContinue reading “What the US and China trade in – and how will it be affected by tariff wars”
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