{  Posts Tagged as ‘consumer behavior’  }

Living in China: property bubble in major cities growing larger

The property bubble in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen is growing larger, with the bubble index in Beijing exceeding that in Shanghai, according to statistics released by Midland Reality recently [...]

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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: green subsidies for new energy vehicles

China is set to release details on subsidies for private purchase of new energy vehicles as early as the end of this month, according to the government think tank [...]

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Advertising in China: 2010 Ad Spending To Grow 10% After 13.5% Jump in 2009

Rising Demand for Limited TV Inventory Will Raise Rates and Send Advertisers to New Media: After a nose dive in early 2009, China’s ad market rallied during the last three quarters of the year [...]

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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: premium brand products “made in China”?

We all know that China is still a developing country, so you may be amazed if you hear the following facts: China has overtaken the U.S. to be the world’s second-largest luxury goods market [...]

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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: the world’s 2nd largest luxury market

If you think China is still a developing country, this piece of news is going to surprise you. China has overtaken the US to become the world’s second largest luxury market [...]

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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: Rich getting richer, but poor becoming resentful

Amid a widening wealth gap between rich and poor, a new survey has found that 96 percent of the public said they feel resentful toward the rich [...]

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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: The Top 10 Consumer Trends Defining China’s Emerging Domestic Market

With total consumer spending increasing by nearly 15% annually over the past few years, China’s domestic market is in the midst of a boom. As the country’s middle class expands, companies that sell consumer goods are poised to serve consumers with a broader array of high-quality products [...]

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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior: U.S. destinations target affluent Chinese tourists

Hawaii, California and Las Vegas are among American tourist destinations vying fiercely for a vast and largely untapped new market segment: the Chinese tourist [...]

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Chinese People and their Mobile Phones: 2.1 billion short messages sent per day in 2009

Short messages (SMS) sent by Chinese people in 2009 rose 8.4 percent year-on-year to 784.04 billion, or 2.1 billion per day on average, the Beijing Times reported recently citing a source with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology [...]

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Watch Barry Schwartz’s “The Paradox of Choice” talk at TED

Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz’s estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied [...]

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