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- European debt crisis - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2012 from James DongThe low interest rate environment and the US and European debt crisis hurt the investment market worldwide, which reduced the bonds and equities holdings of HKEx in HK. But the outlook is not as bad as in January. The stock market bounced back substantially. We have also seen more IPO activity. ...
Views: 761 - Foreign trade fraud case - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from James DongSeveral months ago, in international commercial city, a trade company named “SUNNY GENERAL TRADING INC” placed an order worth ￥ 50，000 buying suitcases from Ms. Zhang. All the suitcases can be divided into six categories and two categories products need to be lengthened and widened. ...
Views: 756 - Is video search practical in e-business? - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from James DongAs for many online shoppers, many people have experience in searching products or services on e-business B2C, B2B, C2C websites. After inputting certain key words, the website will showcase many products or services to the viewers. It is convenient for online shoppers to select suitable ...
Views: 751 - Logistics back up e-business development - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2012 from James DongE-business is closely connected with logistic services since all goods must be transferred between buyers and sellers, no matter in B2C, B2B or C2C e-business modes. Good logistics can win good comments from both sides of buyer and sellers; bad logistics may influence the buyers or the ...
Views: 745 - Love detectives on Valentine's Day duty - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2012 from James DongFinding a lifelong partner should not be left to chance. When we are seeking partners, we must believe that several minds are better than one when it comes to formulating strategies to attract your desired partner. Quick dating and matchmaking services are nothing new thanks to Hong Kong's ...
Views: 743 - Several ways help you to seek more foreign trade customers - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2011 from James DongThere are many ways to seek foreign trade customers. First, we could find potential foreign customers through search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, Excite, Kellyseach etc. We can search through different key words, and then we can get different results. For example, when we input “post trade ...
Views: 740 - International buyers may cheat domestic suppliers in China on B2B websites - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2011 from James DongWhen B2C B2B business websites develop well, there are more and more complaining cases relating to foreign trade revealed. B2B platform is one of the major marketing tools for developing foreign trade business for some companies, who take the advantages of low cost, massive information and ...
Views: 739 - Shenzhen economy slowdown, reflecting national economic gloom - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2012 from James DongShenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province and Shenzhen has become a window facing the world since many new policies or businesses can be carried out in trial stage in Shenzhen. Shenzhen economy is said to be a wind vane of national economy. Now Shenzhen has ...
Views: 739 - Some e-business enterprises rely on venture capital - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2011 from James DongAt present, many e-commerce enterprises are running at losses so they need more funds. E-commerce competition is the competition of burning money; it is very hard to make profit. All the e-commerce enterprises are competing against each other for higher rankings in the industry. National ...
Views: 736 - Suzhou Convention Exhibition Association was set up - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from James DongSuzhou is expected to become a world-famous exhibition venue thanks to the synergy of the Suzhou International Exhibition Cultural and Creative Park and SuzhouExpo. The Suzhou International Exhibition Cultural and Creative Park, a project initiated by SuzhouExpo, is being built to integrate ...
Views: 731 - Have you complained about goods delivery in e-business? - by Submitted on May 08, 2012 from James DongIf you are an individual online shopper who has bought some products from e-business websites, the transaction can be completed in a short time. What would you do if the goods can not reach you on time or the goods are damaged or lost? When the amount of loss is not too much, how would you ...
Views: 726 - HK HSBC may give a helping hand to SMEs - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from James DongHSBC has known the economic slowdown in commercial loan sector this year, but it will not give up any hope in drawing more loan applications in the world. HSBC is now considering offering free business information and tips to SMEs in electronic mode. HSBC said growth in commercial loans ...
Views: 724 - Taobao is claimed for selling fakes - by Submitted on May 10, 2012 from James DongTaobao is the China’s biggest online retail shopping platform, which has been favored by many youngsters. According to an industry source, Taobao was working with Swiss watchmakers Tissot, Omega, Rado and Longines to help mainland police to crackdown selling knock-offs products. According to ...
Views: 722 - Foreign media claims B2C will occupy the market shares of C2C - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2011 from James DongDBA China President said, B2C market competition was more intensified, but B2C is more positive than C2C market in the long term view. He estimated that B2C may grasp more market shares of C2C, especially in large cities. Foreign media claimed that as B2C e-commerce websites products are ...
Views: 720 - Canton Fair is underway - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from James Dong2012 Canton Fair can be divided into three phases: the first phase is from 15 to 19, April, 2012, the second phase is from 23 to 27 April, and the third phase is from 1 to 5 May. The fair’s first phase focused on electronics & household electrical appliances, lighting, equipment, vehicles & ...
Views: 717 - Buyers market and sellers market in E-business - by Submitted on May 27, 2011 from James DongE-business mainstay is well educated young people who prefer shopping online and they are one part of consumption groups in traditional market. So, network demand is not the same as the whole society’s consumption demand, there are big difference between the two demands. E-business environment ...
Views: 714 - E-business asks for low threshold of social security fund - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2012 from James DongBooming e-business has offered more employment opportunities while the self-employed boss may not be able to pay social security fund for the employees as the threshold is high. The government should lower the individual online retailers’ payments to the social security fund to encourage ...
Views: 714 - High-end manufacturing industry to be a pillar - by Submitted on May 10, 2012 from James DongAccording to 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15) published on May 7, by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. In 2010, the sales income of high-end equipment in China was 1.6 trillion yuan. Manufacturing industry high-end equipment sales volume will hit 6 trillion yuan by ...
Views: 714 - Logistics saw new highways and introduced heavy-duty trucks - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2012 from James DongChina logistics industry has developed rapidly in line with improved highway infrastructure, which required mid-sized and professional vehicles on the market and demand is soaring in China in the next few years. Baotou Bei Ben Heavy-duty Truck Co Ltd in Inner Mongolia autonomous region has ...
Views: 712 - SMEs need loans from large state-owned banks - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2012 from James DongAffected by the European debt crisis, many local companies are experiencing their most difficult period because of a lack of funds for development and expansion. It is time for SMEs business to stand up and compete against the giant state-owned enterprises and occupy more market shares, if ...
Views: 708 - Domestic Express industry needs regulations - by Submitted on May 08, 2012 from James DongOne customer surnamed Yu claimed that there were only customers name, telephone information on the consignment bill even without the article name or the specific destination. He also presented a photo to prove such uncompleted information on the consignment bill. He claimed that he ...
Views: 704 - Express companies’ end on windfall profit era - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from James DongIt is said that most Express companies’ margin profit is lower than 5% when express companies’ windfall profit era comes to an end. The whole industry is selecting the superior and to eliminate the inferior. According to statistics, Shentong Express and some affiliated companies are all ...
Views: 704 - US dollar likely to rise - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2011 from James DongThe US dollar would likely rise next year as the European debt crisis prompted investors to flee the euro since the euro debt crisis is deteriorating. Credit Agricole last week revised down its forecast for yuan appreciation to 3 per cent next year, from 5 per cent earlier, on the assumption ...
Views: 703 - Express companies increase price at different range - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from James DongAccording to an interview, Shentong Express has increased service fees. For example, packages from Shanghai, Huangzhou shipped to Yunnan, Guizhou, Jilin, Liaoning may cost more from 12 Yuan to 15 Yuan. For those products shipped to Xinjiang and Tibet may cost 6 more yuan at 21 Yuan, while in ...
Views: 694 - Alibaba is going to buy out stocks to get more cash for upgrading - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from James DongIBUonline is a B2B foreign trade platform, which has watched e-business industry news closely. Alibaba is a listed company in HK. During the past few years, it has recruited many unverified China suppliers and international buyers and posted some untrue buying or selling information on the ...
Views: 691 - Video search is under testing by some E-business operators - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from James DongAccording to news released on 13 April, Alibaba.com opened a domain name of yisou.com to start video search. In fact the website was controlled by Yahoo and it is acquired by Alibaba.com in August, 2005. The news means that video search will become an independent website and it will become a ...
Views: 691 - Buying things on mobile phone may become true - by Submitted on Dec 31, 1969 from James DongMobile phone is developed for communication in the original stage, after that mobile phone has a new feature that is to send word messages, which can be restored on the phone. Mobile phone service has stepped further since mobile phones can surf the internet with advanced screen touch function. ...
Views: 689 - Knockoffs products sold online will not hinder e-business development - by Submitted on May 10, 2012 from James DongA report was released in March last year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative included Taobao in its Notorious Markets List of 33 websites and Taobao is also under lawful enforcement over fake and piracy, which triggering intellectual property disputes. Meanwhile it has got ...
Views: 689 - Logistic firms can not benefit from new VAT system in Shanghai - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2012 from James DongIt is good news that mainland authorities have rolled out measures to ease tax burdens on service firms from reducing their payment, however, it does not take the right effect and it has made things worse since two-thirds of companies stated that they have to pay more when value added tax ...
Views: 687 - Singapore trade show will connect Asian suppliers to world customers - by Submitted on May 08, 2012 from James DongThe Asia Expo Singapore and Fujian Commodities Expo Singapore will be held from Nov 14 through Nov 16 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Singapore. The 2012 expo has been divided into two sections. The Fujian Commodities Expo Singapore will focus on 400 booths operated by ...
Views: 684 - SMEs are seeking more business opportunities in different ways - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from James DongHSBC has promised to issue policies to lend more credit loans to SMEs and offer more information services to SMEs including business trend, bank policies, overseas business environment and opportunities. HSBC may arrange special working staff to attend overseas meetings and major trade ...
Views: 684 - Advanced logistics is under construction - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2012 from James DongForeign trade industry and service industry developed well in coastal cities, which urged more advanced logistics services to assist. Traditional logistic service gave us an impression that it can only collect and dispatch goods, which was very simple. Modern logistic companies can ...
Views: 681 - Import and export data helps you on marketing - by Submitted on May 23, 2012 from James DongWhen we do marketing, we need some reference to analysis the macro- and micro economic conditions. In foreign trade, we need some reference in specific industry or products and the data includes the following information: country of origin, goods shipment, port of customs clearance, ...
Views: 681 - Hong Kong improves regulation on online shopping - by Submitted on May 27, 2011 from James DongHK consumer council announced the contents of online shopping complaints. While some cases are in the grey area so the disputes cannot be resolved under the existing law. Online shopping is more and more popular, so the government should improve relevant regulatory provisions to keep ...
Views: 673 - SMEs should develop brand marketing to win markets in new era - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from James DongInternational competition can be concluded into brand competition at some extent and brand is the core element of modern business war. As for enterprise, who owns brand, who will occupy markets. With great support from the local government and encouraging national brand promotion, Chinese ...
Views: 672 - Website advertisement takes more shares on the market - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from James DongAdvertisement is very important in business promotion. Nowadays, good quality products also need advertisement investment to promote brand image. Some large enterprises invest a lot in TV advertisement, for example, they may have spent several million yuan in one second advertisement slot on ...
Views: 670 - IBUonline launched global entrustment service - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2011 from James DongIBUonline global entrustment service can help you expand overseas market easily. You may try your best to seek more customers and IBUonline owns millions of buyers’ information, which can help you a lot. IBUonline could match buyers and sellers’ information accurately, according to buyer’s ...
Views: 668 - Internet Corporation battles for mobile phones markets - by Submitted on May 23, 2012 from James DongFacebook has successfully gone public in the USA as a technical stock which hit the highest records of financing. Meanwhile in China internet companies are battled fiercely. On May 18, 360 CEO Hongyi Zhou and Xiaomi Technology CEO blamed each other due to mobile phone problems on the ...
Views: 667 - International Labor Day business promotion - by Submitted on May 08, 2012 from James DongThe International Labor Day is coming and all the businessmen are trying to seize the business opportunity to promote new products and services at a great discount. Large shopping malls will notify targeted customers to visit brand name shops. In fact, online e-business participants will ...
Views: 665 - E-business future - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2011 from James DongWe can see individuals and companies prefer online business. Individuals prefer online shopping to scrap bothers of hanging out and companies prefer online business development which could cut down cost greatly. E-business is growing rapidly so there are more and more e-business websites on ...
Views: 656 - Compare HK and Singapore economic growth - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2012 from James DongHK and Singapore has experienced high economic growth rate in the past decade through different ways. HK economic growth is mainly driven by the private sector while Singapore has adopted a state-led capitalism model. In the past decade, Singapore's per capita gross domestic product ...
Views: 649 - How to make a good e-commerce platform - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2011 from James DongYou should know what e-commerce is; e-commerce is referring to online business, trading, buying and selling, rather than counter transactions or face to face transactions. If you want your B2B business platform to be powerful to compete against shopping malls, you must takes different means to ...
Views: 646 - Software helps foreign trade business - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2011 from James DongWhen you do foreign trade business, you may find out you should deal with many trivial things, including contacting the business partner, asking for sample products, asking for quotation, ask for the order, arranging or checking the production line, checking the production capability as well as ...
Views: 643 - Import and export data is useful for foreign trade - by Submitted on May 23, 2012 from James DongAs for foreign trade business, some companies may have accumulated some fixed foreign customers but they need to expand new markets as well, as for SMEs, who should also expand new overseas business partners. No matter you are experienced suppliers or new suppliers, you have to try every ...
Views: 636 - Guangzhou authorities are building a “non-governmental financial street” - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2012 from James DongGuangzhou authorities are building a “non-governmental financial street”. Financial street can be only built in large cities in the world when there is market for loaning or lending. Guangzhou authorities are building a “non-governmental financial street” to offer financing and ...
Views: 628 - Software applied on B2B business platform to help foreign trade - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2011 from James DongSoftware could be installed on computers, televisions, mobiles, to make the operation easy and simple through the special system. Different software could be applied in different machines. For example, software could be applied in doorbell; working staff should scan their fingerprint first, ...
Views: 627 - Article marketing online is an effective way - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2011 from James DongArticle marketing is to take article as a marketing tool on the internet focusing on certain topic. As a businessman, you hope that your company information and product information could be spread on the internet to many readers, and the business could obtain benefit from it. The articles can be ...
Views: 624(1 vote) - HK SMEs are finding more strategies for survival - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from James DongMany Hongkongers have invested a lot in Shenzhen to open a factory, which belongs to SMEs. Those entrepreneurs made great efforts in running business and managing the whole manufacture operation. They have to watch closely about the mainland policies for factories and tax policies as ...
Views: 621 - Suzhou Expo highlights business - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from James DongMany cities in the world are trying to become a good destination for multi-purposes, including business meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions, which can be called MICE or global exhibition circles covering different industries. Suzhou, in Jiangsu province of East China is ...
Views: 621 - Internet corporations, mobile resources battle - by Submitted on May 23, 2012 from James DongAs for internet corporations, mobile resources battle is very hard as starting a secondary undertaking business. The companies are afraid to be eliminated if they did not occupy more resources. There are three modes for internet companies moving in mobile businesses. First mode is to release ...
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