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Paul French

Publishing & Marketing Director
Access Asia China
Member of the Retail Council

Paul French is a Publishing & Marketing Director at Access Asia, a research company which he founded in 1997. Access Asia provides data and analysis on China's emerging FMCG and retail markets to a range of clients mostly in the food, luxury and fashion sectors. At Access Asia, Mr. French writes strategic analysis for Access Asia reports and is responsible for marketing and promotion of the company. Prior to that, he was a Senior Analyst at Euromonitor in London and Beijing covering China and South East Asia. Mr. French has also worked as a China Analyst for Royal Mail Consulting and other major UK companies. He has written for a range of other research providers including the EIU, Frost & Sullivan and Datamonitor. His expertise includes consumer goods, retailing and leisure services as well as writing about North Korea. (This is me - Update Profile)


Employment History
1997 - present Publishing & Marketing Director
Access Asia China
1994 - 1997 Analyst
Euromonitor

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Why The Urban Chinese Need to Pay More For Their Food | 03-26-2007
Author: Paul French, Publishing & Marketing Director, Access Asia China

  Inflation worries have translated into consumer worries in China But they need not worry in terms of non-food sales And it is an urban issue not a rural one where most people live

Hep-B - It was only a matter of time before a foreign company got caught | 03-26-2007
Analysis of: Nokia China in lawsuit over Hepatitis B carrier | www.msnbc.msn.com
Author: Paul French, Publishing & Marketing Director, Access Asia China

  So far cases of discrimination over HBV have been mainly made against Chinese companies The Beijing government last year decided to outlaw anti HBV carrier discrimination The Nokia case indicates a lack of control by the Chinese entity over its subsidiary factories

China's Companies Get A New Tax Incentive For Making Social/Charitable Donations | 03-26-2007
Analysis of: New tax law helps charity | english.people.com.cn
Author: Paul French, Publishing & Marketing Director, Access Asia China

  China’s Communist leaders want to see more of the wealth generated by both public and private enterprise being invested into charitable and social “good deeds”, 92.5% of Chinese firms made donations in cash last year – this is now set to increase Although it remains to be seen how much...

The Chinese - A Nation of Savers, Or a Nation of Self-Taxers | 03-26-2007
Analysis of: Personal savings tax a big burden | www.chinadaily.com.cn
Author: Paul French, Publishing & Marketing Director, Access Asia China

  An average of about 18% to 19% of consumer incomes in China are placed into savings accounts, making Chinese savings rates among the highest in the world; The significance of this is that there is a considerable amount of average salaries in China that is not being spent at retail outlets; This...

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