With the AR/VR sector attracting a significant amount of capital recently, the space has only begun to grow. Here’s a look at the 3 American AR/VR companies that received investment in August: Immersv Venturebeat reported that Immersv raised $10.5m USD in a Series A for mobile advertising utilizing virtual reality as well as 360-degree mobile… Read more »
I got a chance to sit down at RISE 2017 in Hong Kong with WeChat’s Director of User Growth Stephen Wang. For those unfamiliar, WeChat began as a messaging app back in 2010 created by China’s Tencent, but over the years, it has quickly become a tool of everyday life in mainland China. WeChat has… Read more »
China’s Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd, known as GAC Group, announced at their recent board of directors meeting that they plan to spend $88 million on a new subsidiary focused on electric vehicles. The new subsidiary will be known as Guangzhou Automobile New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd. The first registered capital will be half of… Read more »
This is the final installment of an eight-part series about the importance of cross-cultural design which examined several attempts by large, well-known American companies to expand their reach by marketing in China. As this series exposed, the bulk of those attempts have failed to achieve much success, even though China is the second largest economy… Read more »
This article is part of a series about the importance of cross-cultural design, other installments of which have been published over the last month. Fitbit is a story of hope. After its entry into China in 2014, it had a lackluster two years. But then it completely changed its strategy to be more China-specific and… Read more »
This article is part of a series about the importance of cross-cultural design, other installments of which have been published over the last month. Before mentioning anything about Amazon, the scale of its problem must be described. In 2014, after disappointing results for their business in China, Wolfe Research Analyst Aram Rubinson estimated that Amazon… Read more »
This article is part of a series about the importance of cross-cultural design, other installments of which have been published over the last month. Home Depot is another retailer that has struggled in China. However, unlike Walmart, it did not figure things out. Home Depot’s story in China began in December 2006 with its purchase… Read more »
This article is part of a series about the importance of cross-cultural design, the first three installments of which have been published earlier this month. Keep an eye out for the rest of the series during February 2017. Walmart in America could be viewed as a company trying to monopolize a large part of American… Read more »
This article is part of a series about the importance of cross-cultural design, the first two installments of which were published on February 16-17, 2017. eBay has been involved with China for a while, starting in 2004, so one can see an example of what the longer-term timeline looks like for a very successful American… Read more »
This article is the second part of our eight-part series about the importance of cross-cultural design, the first installment of which was published on February 16, 2017. Uber’s failure in China, which ultimately led to its sale to its competitor, Didi Chuxing, was one of the most covered American business venture failures in China. Uber… Read more »
