Luxury goods in China Beyond bling Life is getting harder for purveyors of luxury in China‚ but the growth prospects are still fabulous Jun 8th 2013 | SHANGHAI |From the print edition “IT WAS an amazing golden age‚” reflects Guillaume Brochard of Qeelin‚ a Chinese jeweller. From 2007 to 2011 many luxury-goods firms enjoyed double-digit annual growth in China‚ which became their most important market. The first blows came last year‚ with an economic slowdown and jitters about the political transition
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Primates‚ like humans have hands‚ feet and a brain. There are certain characteristics that defines a primate. The first trait is color vision. Although humans are capable of distinguishing a spectrum of color‚ other primates fail to do so because they are colorblind. Specifically‚ they cannot see the color red. As time passed by‚ color vision has evolved for primates. Unlike before‚ they have the ability to pick out red and orange fruit to eat for themselves. Another trait is grasping hands. It helps
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and outfitting the Royal Army placed Burberry on the map as “the original British luxury brand” but somewhere along the line‚ it became the raincoat brand known more for outfitting stuffy elder statesmen than the cloth of choice for the glamorous rich and famous. Burberry revamped its brand image‚ hiring new designers who took the signature plaid from raincoats to bikinis. Recent ads featuring British fashion icons like Kate Moss and Stella Tennant embody the essence of the new Burberry‚ depicting a
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Strengths: 1. Leading luxury goods companies - $ 12 billion fashion and liquor conglomerate 2. Strong brand portfolio with 10 star brands and 60 top brands 3. Wide geographical presence 4. Leadership and charisma of Bernard Arnault 5. Human resource management LVMH Opportunities: 1. World wide presence through acquisitions of famous brands 2. Growing luxury markets in emerging economy Threats: 1. Intense Competition 2. Consumer loyalty to brand/designer 3. Counterfeit goods damaging the brand
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1 ONCOLOGY INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 1.1 Key trends and characteristics of Cytostatic industry • high growth rate – higher propotion of the global pharma market in the years to come • one of the fastest growing and most profitable therapeutic areas of the next few decades • shift from accute cancer treatment to chronic disease management and prevention • more and more biotech companies enter the market – connections with pharma to help through the maze of regulatory processes and clinical development
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that the notion of truth is a contrived illusion‚ misused by people and special interest groups to gain power over others. • Truth and error are synonymous - Facts‚ postmodernists claim‚ are too limiting to determine anything. Changing erratically‚ what is fact today can be false tomorrow. • Self-conceptualization and rationalization - Traditional logic and objectivity are spurned by postmodernists. Preferring to rely on opinions rather than embrace facts‚ postmodernist spurn the scientific method
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change the future of the Hollywood film industry Introduction This paper will explore the different effects that digitalization has on the Hollywood film industry. Digitalization technically means turning different types of information like sounds‚ texts or images into binary code. This seemingly small change in technology has a great impact on the production‚ exhibition and distribution of Hollywood films. The industry is currently forced to change their
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Vertical Coordination in the Pork and Broiler Industries: Implications for Pork and Chicken Products. By Steve W. Martinez. Food and Rural Economics Division‚ Economic Research Service‚ U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Economic Report No. 777 Abstract Recent changes in structure of the U.S. pork industry reflect‚ in many ways‚ past changes in the broiler industry. Production contracts and vertical integration in the broiler industry facilitated rapid adoption of new technology‚ improved
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Company Profile Gucci group is one of the world’s leading multi-brand luxury goods companies. Thanks to a clear strategy and a set of unique competitive advantages‚ the group has developed and strengthened a prestigious brand portfolio‚ broad product range and extensive geographical presence worldwide. The group well balanced brand portfolio includes prestigious and clearly identified luxury brands with a distinctive‚ specific role. Gucci‚ Bottega Veneta and Yves Saint Laurent are the engines
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market position relative to that of its competitors including Polo‚ Coach‚ Armani and Gucci. Is Burberry’s competitive position sustainable over long term? Why or why not? Burberry has positioned its brand in the minds of consumers to be “functional luxury.” Burberry maintains a product line with great width and depth consisting of many products. Their products fall into one of two main categories: fashion or continuity. Fashion products are designed to be responsive to fashion trends and are introduced
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