Month: August 2012
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BMW Zagato coupé
This is a BMW Zagato coupé. It’s very unusual for me to pay attention to, let alone write about cars. Living in London means that I have a car-free existence. So the last time I really paid a great deal of attention to car design was prior to the summer of 1998. As shapes got…
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Pearl river delta + more news
Pearl river delta China slowdown: feeling the pain in the Pearl River Delta | beyondbrics – it is really interesting that China’s slowdown isn’t only being felt in the traditional rust belt in the North East, but also in the Pearl river delta. Hong Kong sits at the end of the Pearl river delta as…
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Can Chinese brands scale?
Can Chinese brands scale is a question that seems to vex expert marketers. I have been reading an interesting book at the moment Tom Doctorow’s What Chinese Want: Culture, Communism and the Modern Chinese Consumer based on his experience working with J Walter Thompson in China. There is a lot of really great stuff in…