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Dressing China

Harvard Business Review

Incomes are rising quickly in the world's most populous country: The percentage of the Chinese population earning between 10,000 and 24,000 renminbi a year (between US $1,200 and $3,500, in terms of 2010 exchange rates) rose from 11% in 2004 to 58% in 2010. The Chinese are also becoming more aware of fashion.

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Cool Alone Won't Save Your Company

Harvard Business Review

When Bob came on board in 2001, he inherited a mainly crummy set of 2001-2004 car launches. Finally, GM aimed a great car in its best channel at Camry with the 2008 Malibu and a refreshed Cadillac SRX at the Lexus RX in 2010, and then, at long last, the new Chevy Cruze at the Corolla in 2011. And in the U.S. market: small and mid-car.

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The U.S. Media’s Problems Are Much Bigger than Fake News and Filter Bubbles

Harvard Business Review

Yet by 2004 its market share was down to 3%. ” During the volcanic ash crisis of 2010, what it offered wasn’t prize-winning stories about the roots of the eruption or its health implications, but an app (Hitchhiker’s Central) that allowed readers to share travel plans and offer rides to each other.

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