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Latest update: 2 May 2002 - Issue 01

Information Technology Services

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Photo "Learning software" top of the class in China
The Chinese mainland educational software market has taken off like a rocket, with exponential growth tipped by many observers. Look at the figures: there were over 200 manufacturers of these software products in 2001......


Advertising Services

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Photo Fresh food halls are a diner's delight in Chengdu
In Chengdu, supermarkets are packed on weekends and holidays, with customers busily making for the fresh food sections. How overwhelmingly popular these areas have become! Freshly baked bread and pastries, cooked food, live prawns and crabs, assorted cold dishes, neatly stacked fruit and fresh vegetables, pork, beef and mutton in packs and..........

Photo Discounters up sales in Germany
Discounters are increasingly dominating German retail sales. German retail margins are at a tiny 0.5% compared to France's 3.5% and the UK's 5%. German consumers are paying less for their fruit and vegetables than their contemporaries in originating countries....


Electronics & Electrical Appliances

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Photo Humour, fantasy and energy savers brighten world's top lighting fair
Growing numbers of exhibitors and visitors - almost 118,500 - as well as 20% more exhibition space, were upbeat nuggets of news from the organisers to set the tone at the second international technical trade fair, Light + Building, which has just closed in Frankfurt....

Photo Home sweet home, as French consumers buy up domestic equipment
French consumers have been on a buying spree for home electrical equipment, pushing up sales volumes in 2001 to US$3.5 billion, in a year when broad sales performances were patchy....


Health & Beauty

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Photo Private health care preferred prescription for UAE residents
Many citizens in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have a diet problem, even though life expectancy statistics place the country among the longest living in the region, with people living, on average, up to 75....


Food & Beverages

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Photo Only here for the beer: low-malts at cheap prices a big swig in Japan
A new trend in Japan has drinkers ordering low-malt beers instead of regular brands. Celebrating with the low-malt varieties is also cheaper, as these beers gradually grow in popularity....


Garments, Textiles & Accessories

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Photo Benetton measures up Russian provinces for expanding operations
The Italian-based Benetton Group is expanding operations in Russia, after developing 80 stores with French-owned Sisley and other groups in major commercial centres, such as Moscow and St Petersberg....

Photo US-based Children's Place to squeeze margins in Canadian market
US kids' wear retailer Children's Place is tipped to resemble something of a schoolyard toughie, as it plans to hit the Canadian market running. The store chain has acquired Comark Inc of Canada's 23 properties under the Au Coin des Petits and Young Canada brands....


Sports Goods

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Photo Golf's swinging appeal in the US no handicap for Hong Kong exporters
Although the image of the middle-aged, businessman golfer is still valid in the US, where about 40% of the nation's golfing enthusiasts fit the profile, youth is fast making its appearance. The popularity of golf star Tiger Woods........