Archive for May, 2010

You Cannot Build a Brand on a Foundation of an Abusive Supply Chain

Thursday, May 27, 2010 3:09 24 Comments

For long time readers of All Roads, you will know that one of the topics i have follows has been related to the systemic issues apple has faced within its supply chain. it is a topic that in the last few days has come to a head with the near daily suicides occurring on Foxconn’s [...]

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Show off Your Wealth. Buy a EXPO Pavilion

Monday, May 17, 2010 23:13 No Comments

With the last month being a full court press of travel, conference speaking, report writing, and partnerships…. I haven’t had much time to write, but I thought I would share an idea that a few friends and I had this morning while meeting over coffee. A mixture of discussing the trend that China’s elite have [...]

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Apparently, All Roads Don’t Lead to Shanghai EXPO

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 10:51 3 Comments

For the last several weeks, it was my believe that the May 1st holiday was going to be perhaps worst week to try and visit EXPO. Besides the fact that May holiday usually attracts a large number of visitors to Shanghai, the additional 600,000 expected EXPO visitors was sure to create a set of conditions [...]

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