Zong Qinghou Is Back As China's Richest Man: What's Next For Wahaha?
Zong Qinghou, the chairman of China beverage giant Wahaha, has returned to the top of the Forbes China Rich List this year buoyed by a 24% rise in sales last year. (Click here for a link to the Forbes...
View ArticleMediation Could Never Have Saved Hostess: Its Problems Ran Much Deeper
This article is by Hank Cardello, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and author of Stuffed: An Insider’s Look at Who’s (Really) Making America Fat. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) It...
View ArticleBiggest Bankruptcies Of 2011
Jon Corzine's MF Global, American Airlines parent AMR and bookseller Borders Group were just a few of the big names to either restructure or liquidate in 2011.
View ArticleSecretive Dairy Mogul, Dubbed Howard Hughes Of Cheese, Joins Rich List With...
The Besnier family presides over the third-largest dairy empire in the world, behind just Danone and Nestle. Since their company Lactalis bought a majority stake in Italian milk giant Parmalat, the...
View ArticleWho Got Rich This Week: Midwestern Kefir Kings, Magazine Magnates And More
Lifeway Kefir. Each week at Forbes we scan our database of corporate insiders to see who got richer from the action in the stock market. Equity markets were quite volatile this week, much as they have...
View ArticleChina Mugs Foreign Companies With Price Investigations
Beijing's first targets are milk, medicine, and packaging multinationals.
View ArticleFit For A Prince: How The Baby Food Category Went Premium
How Plum Baby shook up the babyfood category by listening to the 'rejecters'.
View ArticleWant To Start A Successful Business? Go Back In Time
Turn back time. Forget bleeding or cutting edges--if you want to start a new business look for the trailing edge. At the Social Media Matters conference held 10 September, 2013, in Hong Kong,...
View ArticleRolex Sponsors Evian Championship, Fifth Ladies' Golf Major
Golf's premier watch sponsor Rolex turns on the charm at the new fifth major for the ladies' tour, the Evian Championship.
View ArticleCreamy Top For China's Dairy Champions, Sour Milk For The Rest
Spot the national champions (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) Investors have lapped up China's dairy story: soaring consumption, laggardly output, brand premiums. Foreign formula makers...
View ArticleUnderstanding The Social Entrepreneurship Field in Indonesia
Indonesia is Southeast Asia's most populous nation as well as being the largest economy. Well positioned with its rising middle class as the result of years of good economic performance with bolstered...
View ArticleDo VCs and Angel Investors Have Blinders on?
Global or women-led or new business models may have trouble getting funding. Whose fault is that?
View ArticleChinese Baby Formula Producer Fined For Price Fixing Spawns Second...
A rise in the stock price of a Chinese infant formula producer fined two months ago for pricing fixing has generated the company’s second billionaire this month. Wu Xiong, the second-largest individual...
View Article'Eco' Status Quo? How Nicolas Metro Leverages 'Ethical Leadership' To Put An...
This is the second post in our series sharing Ashoka’s key insights on leading trends in social entrepreneurship and the environment coming out of Europe. Click here to read the first post in the...
View ArticleHow To Avoid False Profits
Recently, I’ve seen significant underperformance from “quality” stocks in non-U.S. developed markets. This is not surprising. New entrants who come into markets after a rally are nearly always afraid...
View ArticleHas The Era Of Greenwashing In Resource Sustainability Passed?
I should have bought a Hummer when I had the chance. I could drive it without feeling any guilt. Know why? Because I hardly ever drive. I work from home most of the time. And even if I have to go into...
View ArticleHow The First-Time Super Bowl Advertisers Fared
“Let’s do a Super Bowl spot.” The words that shred the nerves of CMOs bring joy to every creative director and dread to every CFO. But surely those nerves, joy and dread dial right up to 11 if it’s a...
View ArticleHow To Found A Top Marketing Tech Startup In Less Than Six Months
Alex Gold is the cofounder of Buzzstarter, a marketing technology company in San Francisco working with the world’s largest brands like Dove, Axe, Degree, Clear, and Aeropostale to drive higher return...
View ArticleMexico's Water Solution Could Be A Problem For Dr. Pepper Snapple
The country recently introduced a soda tax and has vowed to improve domestic water facilities in the coming years. As Dr. Pepper’s core business in Mexico includes carbonated drinks and bottled water,...
View ArticleIn Chobani's Marketing Tale, Lessons On Why 'How Matters'
“The sleeping giants woke up, and the sleeping giants were very angry.” No, it’s not a line from a fairy tale but rather a quote from Peter McGuinness, chief marketing and brand officer at Chobani, who...
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