Archive for March, 2010

ReadWriteWeb.com | China’s Social Gaming Landscape

I recently wrote an article for ReadWriteWeb.com introducing the current state and future trajectory of Social Gaming in China. The article examines:

What makes a ‘winning’ Social Game in China?
Which Social Game developers in China should you know about?
What are the challenges facing Social Game developers in China?
How are Social Games likely to develop in the [...]


China Slams Luxury Goods’ Quality

WSJ.com
An attack by Chinese provincial officials on foreign luxury brands, including Hermès, Hugo Boss and Tommy Hilfiger underscored the vulnerability of the luxury brands in one of their most important markets.
Authorities in wealthy Zhejiang province, on the east coast near Shanghai, marked consumer’s day on Monday by taking aim at the quality of imported designer [...]


Luxury Consumer Culture in China: Inside Observer Interview (Part II)

Vinay Dixit is the Senior Director of Asia Consumer Centers in McKinsey & Company and leads theInsights China by McKinsey service line. He joined McKinsey’s Shanghai office in February 2008 and has led several significant studies on Chinese consumers. His most recent publications include, “The coming of age: China’s new class of wealthy consumers” and “One Country, Many [...]


Luxury Consumer Culture in China: Inside Observer Interview with McKinsey & Company’s Vinay Dixit

Vinay Dixit is the Senior Director of Asia Consumer Centers in McKinsey & Company and leads the Insights China by McKinsey service line. He joined McKinsey’s Shanghai office in February 2008 and has led several significant studies on Chinese consumers. His most recent publications include, “The coming of age: China’s new class of [...]


Creating New Consumer Markets in Emerging Markets – Part I

“We’ve been in China since 1988. We’re only in about 14 categories. We lead all of them but one. But the spending per capita in China is only $3 a year on Procter & Gamble products. That compares to the United States, where we are in over 25 categories, and the per capita spending a [...]