Consumer

Consumer

Men's hearts melt with a box of chocolates, survey finds
February 06, 2012
The most preferred gift on the most romantic day of the year continues to be a box of chocolates, according to consumer research across seven Asia Pacific markets released on 30 January by Kraft...
Asia Pacific, India, Indonesia, Kraft Foods, Valentine's Day
Interview: China consumers holding back on spending, says luxury goods CEO
February 06, 2012
As China's economy slows, Hong Kong-based luxury goods distributor Jebsen & Co. is seeing early signs of weaker consumer demand. CNBC's Christine Tan spoke to group managing director Helmuth...
Business, China, Person Career
Understanding China's big spenders
February 03, 2012
Why are China's big spenders so difficult to figure out? In China, the only thing that may be more important than being rich is looking rich. There are two Chinas and the Chinese – particularly...
China, Company Location, Person Career, Social Issues
Insights into Hong Kongers online habits in 2011
February 01, 2012
Experian Hitwise, a leading online competitive intelligence service, has released its first annual analysis of web searches conducted in 2011 by Hong Kong internet users, providing insights that will...
Optimistic Indonesia tops consumer survey
January 25, 2012
Rosy expectations about the economy have made Indonesian consumers among the most optimistic in emerging economies, a survey from Credit Suisse Research Institute shows. In the survey, published on...
HK people trade-in long retail queues for easier, more convenient mobile and online shopping during Christmas 2011
January 20, 2012
Christmas 2011 was a busy period for mobile and online shopping as Hong Kong people turned to their PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphones to purchase holiday gifts, helping realise PayPal's earlier...
Christmas, Company Technology, mobile devices, PayPal, Quotation, smartphones, Social Issues, Technology
Why do well-off people shoplift?
January 13, 2012
Research by retail consultants Global Retail Theft Barometer and Checkpoint Systems has suggested a new wave of middle-class shoplifter is targeting high-end delicacies from supermarkets in order to...
BBC, Social Issues
Taiwan's Tsannkuen leaked customers' data
January 09, 2012
Renowned Taiwanese electronics manufacturer and distributor Tsannkuen Co. was suspected by consumer protection commissioners to have leaked customers' information, on Thursday, as the Taipei City...
Tsannkuen Co.
Counterfeit goods losing attraction in China
January 07, 2012
China's reputation as the home of fake goods may be coming to an end as increasingly savvy consumers demand the real thing. Licensing agents for global brands said the threat from fake goods had...
Business, Social Issues
Indonesia's consumer confidence at 6-month high despite dark clouds
January 06, 2012
Indonesia’s consumer confidence index rose to a six-month high in December amid rising optimism about the country's economic growth prospects despite a likely global slowdown, a survey from...
Danareksa Research Institute, Person Career, Quotation
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