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		<title>Wal-Mart Doing Good in China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wal-Mart has 12 shopping plazas and one Sam’s Club in Fujian province, providing more than 4,000 jobs. Wal-Mart will introduce low-carbon concepts to its malls in Xiamen. Wal-Mart has built 46 partner farms in 15 provinces, benefiting 479,000 farmers. &#8220;Our objective is to build our partner farms to 1 million farmers by the end of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.getchee.com/?p=1915</link>
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		<title>Seminar on Picking Good Malls in China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the leading market data and intelligence provider in the APAC region, getchee works with international brand owners that are entering or expanding their operations in China and the rest of the Asia Pacific. We are hosting a seminar in Shanghai on October 29, 2010 at Accenture&#8217;s facilities to aid brand owners in their shopping [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.getchee.com/?p=1873</link>
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		<title>It’s Not All about GDP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You always come across GDP when dealing with market potential. But what about ‘retail synergy index’? We feel it is also very important to evaluate and focus on the retail penetration within cities. A city with only a high GDP level doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good market to enter. The graph below illustrates how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.getchee.com/?p=1833</link>
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		<title>Northern China – A Place for Sportswear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[China&#8217;s big and it’s hard to know who likes what. However, one thing is certain. Research and data from getchee show that people in northern China seem more like sportswear people than those in the south. Based on the major cities in each of the five China regions, take a look at how many people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.getchee.com/?p=1806</link>
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		<title>McDonald’s &amp; Starbucks in Vietnam?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is talking about emerging markets these days and with all this talk we hear China come up a lot. However, David Rubenstein, a founding managing director of The Carlyle Group has made a good point. “If China, by the year 2035, is the biggest economy in the world, how much longer can you call [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.getchee.com/?p=1763</link>
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		<title>Salsa, Shansu, &amp; Supermarkets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I never had a chance to try this awesome vegetable, Shansu, until I moved to Taiwan. I think I first tried this light and crispy vegetable at one of the many ‘quick stir-fry’ places here. Most dishes in these places go for about 100NTD (3USD) a piece. Shansu is generally slightly more expensive. It usually [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.getchee.com/?p=1489</link>
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		<title>Retail Trends &#8211; Yogurt in Taiwan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a little trouble finding yogurt in Taiwan when I moved here six years ago. At first instinct, I decided to visit the 7-11 across the street from my apartment. With my broken Chinese, I asked where the yogurt was. The cashier pointed me to the back of the store. I was pretty amazed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.getchee.com/?p=1577</link>
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		<title>Soccer Unites Everyone in Beijing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One man. One ball. One love. His name is Lucky. He is determined to bring the fever out in everyone. World Cup fever. Lucky has decided to kick a ball around Beijing’s inner city subway line also known as Line 2. He will unite business people, general consumers, and children. With all the banks, convenience [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.getchee.com/?p=1612</link>
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		<title>Hypermarket Situation in China 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hypermarkets are a retail store format that has taken China by storm. They&#8217;ve given mom and pop shops, convenience stores, and supermarkets a run for their money. Moreover, foreign hypermarkets have grabbed the bull by the horns and fiercely planted their feet in the market. We saw a nice spurt of growth during the mid-1990s. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.getchee.com/?p=1533</link>
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		<title>Where to go next in China?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Helping Hand Filling you in on our recent seminar. The getchee seminar on retail and distribution solutions for China&#8217;s lower tier cities was held on Wednesday, June 9. For all the persons who could not attend, we would like to give you a short summary. The seminar was fully attended by representatives from: + 3 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.getchee.com/?p=1446</link>
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