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The Biggest Winner In China In 2015? E-Commerce. – Gady Epstein – Beijing Dispatch – Forbes
Predicting the Chinese economy for just the next year is for chumps. Credit Suisse has taken an ambitious shot at what China will look like in 2015, in this 150-page report, and their call is that the fastest-growing business sector will be — surprise, surprise — e-commerce, led by the dominant online marketplace Taobao of [...]
Global Warming’s Impact on India’s Assam Tea
Wasbir Hussain, Associated Press just published an inside-article on how India’s Assam tea is affected this year by global warming. The impact is two-fold: First on the tea yield, and the second on the flavor. NASA, quoted in this article, reported earlier this month that the January-November 2010 period was the warmest globally in the 131-year [...]
Paper or Cloth Bag in Italy
New year will see Italy’s plastic bag ban in full swing. The ban passed in Y2006 will give Italian shoppers only two options: paper or cloth when shopping.
eBay vs. Amazon: 12-Month-Trailing Stock Price
For the best year ever, eBay is chasing Amazon, the 800-pound guerrilla in online shopping in all directions. Most multi-channel marketers agree that except for with Paypal upping their turf war in online payment, eBay still remains a laggard in online shopping. One emerging problem is for merchants in China to sell low cost merchandise directly from [...]
Use USPS Priority for Speedy Delivery
To catch up with Santa’s speedy sleigh, It actually pays off to send packages by USPS Priority. USPS Priority is much faster, from west to east, and usually arrives within 3 business days. Exception occurs when east is covered by snow.
