Starbucks is doing a stellar job in the China market. But not by selling coffee, says retail analyst Paul French. They are selling a lifestyle, no beans, he tells in The Province.Read More →
Getting in favor of China’s rich is easier for some brands than others. Retail analyst Paul French explains in Business Week why the plan to make champagne a hit, like cognac is already, might not work in the Middle Kingdom.Read More →
Globalization might be high on many corporate agenda’s, but food products offer special challenges, as tastes and eating habits vary. Retail analyst Paul French illustrates in CKGSB Knowledge a few strategies by Chinese food companies.Read More →
The upcoming Chinese New Year is the moment for gift giving, but how to look at the current governmental crackdown on too expensive gift. Retail analyst Paul French discusses in The Telegraph the likely effect of the drive against corruption.Read More →
Shopping in a secluded environment of private houses for sometimes personalized high-end items adds a new feature to the way how wealthy Chinese prefer to spend their money. Retail analyst Paul French comments in the Sydney Morning Herald on a new feature.Read More →
Obesity has become a major problem in China, a country marred by a history of famine and poverty, tells author Paul French to the Washington Post. Part of China still suffers from hunger, while developed parts struggle with overweight.Read More →
Ambitions are high among the rising Chinese middle class and most of the parents put a lot of pressure on their only child to perform at school. Just getting an undergrad degree is for most not done, tells China veteran Paul French in the Wall Street Journal.Read More →
Author Paul French explains in the Wall Street Journal more about the characters in his bestseller Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China. “We are missing this massive component of the foreign experience in China [in the 1930s]”Read More →
The emergence of Peng Liyuan, the popular singer, at the side of the next Chinese president, Xi Jinping, brings back the stories of earlier ‘Dragon ladies’. Author and China veteran Paul French explains in SMH why she will will never become a first lady in US-style.Read More →
The fast rise in prosperity and high expectation might life for the generation of single children tough, very tough, with increasing daily pressure, tells China veteran Paul French in the Telegraph.Read More →
China’s government is trying to change its economy from export and investment oriented into a consumer nirvana. Unfortunately, writes retail analyst Paul French in Channel4, corruption and inflation hinder that policy greatly. What will the upcoming CCP-congress bring?Read More →
In China Starbucks is not a place where you only fetch coffee, it is a symbol you have made it, as a person, and as a city where the global chain sets up shop, tells retail analyst Paul French in Adage. Read More →