www.elsevier.com/locate/bushor How far can luxury brands travel? Avoiding the pitfalls of luxury brand extension Mergen Reddy a‚ Nic Terblanche b‚ Leyland Pitt c‚*‚ Michael Parent c a Capgemini Consulting‚ P.O. Box 785827‚ Sandton‚ 2146‚ South Africa Stellenbosch University‚ Private Bag X1‚ Matieland‚ 7602‚ South Africa c Segal Graduate School of Business‚ Simon Fraser University‚ 500 Granville Street‚ Vancouver‚ BC V6C 1W6‚ Canada b KEYWORDS Luxury brands; Brand extensions; Degree of adjacency;
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The report “Global and China Hemodialysis Industry Report‚ 2013-2016″ by Research in China is now available at chinamarketresearchreports.com. Hemodialysis‚ also known as artificial kidney‚ is a type of blood purification technology‚ primarily applicable to the treatment of patients with rental failure. In 2013‚ the global number of patients receiving dialysis continued to grow to 2.519 million. The new patients mainly come from Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan)‚ whereas for Europe‚ America
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Global and China Graphene Industry Report‚ 2014-2016 Summary With excellent performance in mechanics‚ thermology‚ electricity and magnetics‚ graphene enjoys broad application prospects in high-performance electronic devices‚ composite materials‚ sensors‚ energy storage and the like. At present‚ the productized graphene is mainly used in such fields as battery conductive additives‚ heat dissipating materials and composite materials‚ with products dominated by graphene powder and suspension prepared
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ECON 0602: Lecture 5 Topics China and the WTO WTO and its rules China’s entry to the WTO Trade frictions China’s Foreign Trade: Special Issues China’s FTA: CEPA Sino-US trade imbalance China’s exchange rate Export and employment 1 © HKU ECON 0602 Larry QIU 2/153 What is WTO? China and the WTO: Questions/issues General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT‚ 1947-1994) What is WTO? 1947‚ Geneva‚ 23 (including China)‚ now 148+ Most Favored Nation Principle
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Toko Ohmori 26 Luxury shopping in the digital age The “right” digital strategy differs for every luxury brand‚ but the essential elements are the same: a strong mobile presence‚ a selective approach to social media‚ and a tight focus on carefully chosen metrics. Linda Dauriz‚ Nathalie Remy‚ and Nicola Sandri Among luxury companies‚ conventional luxury products online‚ and at undiscounted wisdom used to be that participation in prices. Our latest luxury-industry research‚ e-commerce—and‚
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trend during 2009-2012. But with the improvement of national economy and living standards as well as the increasing market of consumer electronics products‚ it is predicted that the sales revenue of digital cameras will increase in the future few years and will reach CNY 85 billion by 2017.In 2012‚ Canon‚ Nikon and Sony ranked the top three positions in China’s digital camera market with the accumulative attention shares of more than 70%. The commercially available consumer-level digital cameras had
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Introduction The book‚ Hunt for Jade Dragon‚ by Richard Paul Evans‚ tells a continued story about Electric children saving a girl from a terrorist group known as the Elgen. They have to rescue this girl because they machine that gave them powers could be recreated from the help of this little girl‚ and the Elgen could use it to create an army of evil electric children. They travel to another country‚ Taiwan‚ and hide until they can rescue the girl. There is a problem though‚ the plant they are trying
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Baby Care Products Market in China has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next five years‚ both production and demand will continue to grow. This new study examines China’s economic trends‚ investment environment‚ industry development‚ supply and demand‚ industry capacity‚ industry structure‚ marketing channels and major industry participants. Historical data (2003‚ 2008 and 2013) and long-term forecasts through 2018 and 2023 are presented. Major producers in China are profiled. Complete
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Your research on China is interesting. It is true that China is a big player in the global market and a major importer and exporter of the United States. A bilateral relationship between the two countries is beneficial as United States and China are dependent on each other for many things. Another dimension of culture that is integrated in business is the gender inequality in China. Despite the Chinese law that indicates equal rights for male and female in every aspect of life‚ gender discriminations
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Consumer Behavior Mon 1-5pm Book Report Deluxe: How Luxury Lost its Luster Deluxe: How luxury lost its luster‚ by Dana Thomas‚ brings a hard hitting‚ raw look at the world of luxury and the mass demand of luxury that has occurred. The book was published by the Penguin Group in 2007. Luxury is defined by Thomas as truly special‚ and was only available to the aristocratic world of wealth and old money in western culture. Luxury signified an experience and lifestyle that denotes royalty‚
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