Chinese electronics manufacturers woo SA

The fourth annual China Sourcing Fair will feature a broad range of popular electronics and components at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand from 7 to 9 November 2013. Suppliers from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan manufacture many high quality electronic goods...

Changes to Chinese trademark law

With China becoming an increasingly important market for South African companies, the proposed changes to Chinese trademark law that were recently announced are of great importance, says Ilse du Plessis, director in Intellectual Property at ENSafrica. There has long...

China hits imports with 6% tax charge

A new decision by China to place a 6% VAT charge on freight and related costs is going to have an impact on the importing price from China. This is according to Asgar Mahomed, MD of Esquire Technologies, who says the new Chinese policy means all freight charges paid...

US, China lead in tech innovation

Technology executives worldwide believe that the US and China are the top two countries with the greatest potential to drive technology breakthroughs that will have a global impact in the next four years, according to the Global Technology Innovation survey by KPMG....

Why the clubcard failed Tesco in China

Tesco failed to understand the Chinese consumer and how unsuited they are to its so-called secret weapon – the clubcard. That is according to Qing Wang, professor of marketing and innovation at the Warwick Business School, who believes Tesco should have looked into...