All Roads Lead to China: Business News, Analysis, and Insights from China

Following my presentation (click here to view) yesterday at the Supply Chain Council’s 2009 CHaINA conference, I received the below email inviting companies to participate in their annual green supply chain survey. Working closely with the council for the last few years on CSR and sustainability, I encourage you to take the 10 minutes to […]

There was a time when the only coffee outfit was Starbucks, and its knock off SPR. Along Nanjing Road, the highest concentration existed with 5 stores between the Portman hotel and People’s park, and in total there were roughly 80 by the end of last year (as you can see from the map above). Over […]

When news of the passing of China’s new postal law held up China Post’s monopoly on express documents and small packages, it was clear that there would be groups – foreign and domestic – that were going to be scrambling to develop a work around. It is an issue that many foreign firms have been […]

Important News: DHL sees early signs of Asia stabilising

For the last 20 years, China Post has held the sole right to deliever China’s mail, domestic China express packages, and express letters. It is a situation a regulation that has been frustrating for many of the global express carriers (UPS, FedEx, TNT, and DHL) becasue Logistics is in its simplest form about control of […]

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