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Web Masters
SMEs on a frugal advertising budget are increasingly turning to online marketing to reach new customers. This week’s In Focus tells you how and why.
25 Nov 2009
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Making it Online
This week, In Focus examines the explosive growth of Internet retailing on the Chinese mainland and looks at one option for SMEs wanting to set up online businesses without a huge capital outlay.
18 Nov 2009
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Asia’s New Tigers
This week’s In Focus spotlights new opportunities for SMEs in Southeast Asia. Consumer-driven markets in increasingly affluent Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines offer some of the best prospects.
11 Nov 2009
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The Marathon Market
This week’s In Focus looks at the Chinese mainland and the all-important business of brand building there. SMEs aiming to develop their brands in the booming mainland market need persistence and patience, because it’s a marathon rather than a sprint.
4 Nov 2009
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Green America
The Obama administration has the environment at the top of its federal “recovery” agenda, and individual states are following suit. The trend is serving to heighten the impact of green regulations on foreign traders.
29 Oct 2009
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Smart Production
Green manufacturing can pay off as much for the bottom line as it does for the environment. This week’s In Focus takes a look at how business can succeed, even thrive, by adopting sustainable production practices.
21 Oct 2009
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Green Travel video
The drive to find more environmentally friendly means of getting around is picking up speed. In this week’s In Focus, we look at some emerging new transport options that may well prove as good for business as they are for the environment.
14 Oct 2009
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Powering the Future
The green business is becoming big business, thanks to the worldwide trend of sustainable development. In this week’s In Focus, we take a look at Hong Kong-based companies making innovative ideas pay off in the renewable energy industry.
7 Oct 2009
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Keeping Up with the Wongs video
Over 70 per cent of Chinese mainland middle-income consumers are more willing to splash out on home decoration than before. An HKTDC survey reveals their attachment to quality, and confidence, in Hong Kong design and furniture.
30 Sept 2009
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Dressing China
Chinese mainland consumers are attaching increasing importance to quality and design in the clothes they buy. Hong Kong garment brands that entered the mainland market in recent years have since established a favourable reputation for their products.
23 Sept 2009
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Vintage Times
Fine wine has become big business in Hong Kong since the government abolished all duties on wine last year. International auction houses are just some of the industry players catering to the region’s thirst for wine purchased in Hong Kong.
16 Sept 2009
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Stellar Cellar Business
The business of keeping wine has become as rewarding as selling it in Hong Kong these days. From World War ll bunkers to city flats, Hong Kong companies have been expanding wine-storage facilities with characteristic innovation since the scrapping of wine duties last year.
9 Sept 2009
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Grape Expectations
Hong Kong is fast acquiring a taste for the business of wine. From shops and classes to the city’s first “urban winery,” wine industry start-ups are booming since the Hong Kong Government scrapped its wine duty last year.
2 Sept 2009
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Branding to a Tea
In the tea business, quality, consistency and a captivating story are as vital to building a global brand as tea leaves and hot water are to brewing a bracing cuppa.
26 Aug 2009
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For All the Tea in China
Hong Kong has had a long love affair with the world's most popular brew. Now the city is taking its tea-promotion skills global. This week's In Focus explores how Hong Kong is positioning itself to become a tea hub for the international market.
19 Aug 2009
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Kindling e-book Fever in China
For most people today, a book is still a book. But for a growing number of people across the globe, reading is now an electronic adventure. In this week’s In Focus, we look at the emergence of e-books and their potential in the world’s largest consumer market – China.
12 Aug 2009
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Content is (Still) King
Technology may be changing the way the publishing world delivers product, but coming up with quality content remains its key challenge. In this week's In Focus, we take a look at how the publishing industry is responding to the changes.
5 Aug 2009
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Smart Sourcing in a Changing China
Creativity is not solely about design. In these lean times, thinking outside the box can go a long ways towards protecting your bottom line. In this week's In Focus, we look at financing and legal options when sourcing on the Chinese mainland.
29 July 2009
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Fashion Goes Green
In this fourth in a series on the business of fashion, we look at how the industry, in Hong Kong and around the world, is gearing up to satisfy increasingly stringent green regulations and a growing consumer demand for eco-friendly designs.
22 July 2009
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Fashion’s High-Tech Future
Technology and fashion may not obviously go hand in hand. But hi-tech textiles are helping designers dream up innovative new approaches to the industry. In this third in a series examining the fashion industry, we look at smart fabrics and the technology that promises to transform the fashion business.
15 July 2009
 
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