chinese brands

Feb 27, 2025

How Chinese white label beauty brands are rising the ranks

Initially buoyed by attractive price points, white label brands in China are carving a niche for themselves even as they grapple with the challenges of a more short-term approach to brand-building.

Dec 3, 2024

Why Chinese brands are aggressively expanding in Indonesia

With a large youth population and thriving digital landscape, Indonesia is a hotbed for Chinese brands. Miniso is one such success story.

Jun 22, 2020

IPL to review Vivo, other sponsorship deals after Indo-China border tension

Vivo had taken over sponsorship rights from Pepsi 2016.

Apr 9, 2020

Luckin Coffee fraud has big implications for Chinese US-listed brands

Publicly-traded Chinese brands in the US are now are facing a stricter review process and waning investor interest after a short seller helped uncover fraudulent sales at rapidly-expanding Luckin Coffee.

Jun 20, 2019

Public squabble erupts between Yili and Mengniu over Olympic sponsorships

Yili said it may have to withdraw as the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics official dairy partner, calling dealings between rival Mengniu Dairy, Coca-Cola and Olympic organisers a "scandal".

Aug 27, 2014

From Shanghai to Urumqi: Impressions of Chinese brands

Traveling from China to Holland using only Chinese products, Rogier Bikker checks in from near the Kazakhstan border with insights into the mixed feelings Chinese have about homegrown brands.