Tencent Flexing Internet Muscle
Tencent (0700.HK), China’s leading provider of Internet and mobile / telecommunications value-added services, is now the official and exclusive Internet sponsor of the 2010 World Expo. Why is this significant? – The World Expo has a 150 year history. – The next World Expo will be held in Shanghai May 1-Oct 31, 2010 and is [...]
Predicting the Future of Trade
Perhaps one of the biggest untapped resources owned by trade marketplaces is their potential to monitor and even predict trade trends. While most sites do not support online transactions, trends in inquiries through their platforms and shifts in the listed products can tell us a lot. On a macro basis the data could be mind [...]
Middle Eastern B2B Player In China
Pacific Epoch, a boutique research house focused on China technology, media, and telecom investment news, announced that Tejari.com is expanding in China. Tejari.com is a B2B online trade marketplace, much like Alibaba.com and GlobalSources.com, but with a slant towards the Middle East, where it is based. Tejari boasts 150,000 members from the Middle East and [...]
Tough Rules For U.S. Toy Industry (Update)
Further to my April 3rd post, Washington state Governor Chris Gregoire signed into law the toughest toy law in the United States. The law will dramatically cut the amount of lead, cadmium and phthalates, a commonly used plasticizing chemical, allowed in children’s toys, cosmetics, jewelry, teething items and car seats made or sold in the [...]
Tough Rules For U.S. Toy Industry
Officials in the state of Washington recently passed a bill that could set the toughest restrictions on lead content in toys/children’s products for the United States. The bill reduces lead content allowable in toys/children’s products to 90 parts per million for some products and 40 parts per million for others. This may not seem dramatic [...]
Increase Profits In China
The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai has released a new study that shows companies that view China as both a source of lowercost labor/products as well as a growth market, and integrate these operationally, are much more profitable than companies focused on only one of these items. The study shows (taken from press release): [...]
Improving Trade Shows
Massive shifts in global trade and the overall growth of trade have naturally led to growth within the trade show industry. More new shows are opening and the big shows are getting even bigger. However, the format of these shows remains pretty much unchanged. Attendees simply register and go. Perhaps they’ll peruse the list of [...]
Alibaba Group – China’s E-Commerce Giant
China continues to grow at jaw dropping levels across many different industries and the most recent mobile phone, internet and e-commerce data does not fail to impress. According to consulting and research firm, BDA, China has surpassed the United States as the world’s largest internet population with over 216 million users. Based upon current growth [...]
Alibaba.com Earnings Announcement (Update)
Keep your eyes on the upcoming earnings release from Hong Kong listed Alibaba.com as this is the company’s first ever announcement and should provide insight into sales trends and the possible mergers & acquisitions they keep making reference to. Alibaba.com’s investor relations site. Alibaba to announce 2007 Full Year Financial Results Date: 18 March 2008 [...]
Traders.CC – Business Community Group
This Web Portal – TRADERS.CC – A Web Portal to business opportunities and professionals so that members of business communities can meet other business people on this platform without any barrier. For you to take the full benefit of our services it is necessary to take an active part and regularly post inquiries and offers. [...]
