GLG News by Hotel Chain Experts (Asia)
Analysis of:
Hong Kong Retail Sales Seen Accelerating as Unemployment Falls (www.bloomberg.com)
Retail Sales look substantially stronger of late;
The drop in Hong Kong unemployment is important but so is the Mainlander EffectThe Government now needs to ensure that the Mainlanders keep on coming to maintain growth.
Analysis of:
Carrefour not interested in big China acquisition (news.yahoo.com)
Wal-Mart is looking to leap frog through acquisition while Carrefour is taking a more organic approach to growth in China;
Wal-Mart may find itself biting off more than it can chew and may have underestimated the challenges of changing a corporate culture in China;
Carrefour is proving once again...
Analysis of:
Starbucks Acquires from H&Q Asia Pacific Majority Ownership of Operations in Beijing and Tianjin (www.finanznachrichten.de)
Starbucks is the latest in a line of retailers/caterers to sever the relationship with their Chinese partner.
Starbucks is doing this before it starts a major pre-Olympics expansion in Beijing.
However, questions remain over the long term viability of the coffee shop business in China.
Analysis of:
Wal-Mart buys retailer in bid for China market (www.iht.com)
Wal-Mart is attempting to leap frog past Carrefour in China through acquisition
However, Wal-Mart is still some way from finding its feet in China and acquiring 100 stores while their own are still under-peforming may not be too smart
The acquisition (if it ultimately happens) raises a number of...
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