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Snakes, birds, planes and Chinese brands

Snakes, birds, planes and Chinese brands

As we enter the Year of the Snake in the Chinese lunar calendar, I’ve been thinking about birds.  To be more precise, how brands have utilized birds to feather their own nests, so to speak. Snakes don’t bear much thinking about.  They’re slithery, slimy reptiles strongly associated with cunning, deceit and death (who can forget […]

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First China, now Japan muscles into London’s taxi market

First China, now Japan muscles into London’s taxi market

The eccentric British comedian Tommy Cooper used to tell a joke that goes like this:  “I got into this taxi and I said to the driver, ‘King Arthur’s Close.’ And the driver said, ‘Don’t worry Tommy, I’ll shake him off at the first corner.” Well, now it’s ‘Nissan’s close’ and unlikely that China’s Geely – […]

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