Sentences with phrase «in a china shop in»

Tell a strong - willed child she can go to the park and she's likely to move like a bull in a china shop in an effort to get out the door.

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Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, has found it easier to set up shop in countries like Brazil and China rather than contend with U.S. government regul...

Chinese tech giants are now outright acquiring or taking majority shares in overseas companies, such as Ctrip's (China's leading online travel agency and number two market leader in the world, second only to Priceline) acquisition of the UK's leading travel search site Skyscanner, Tencent's 93 % investment in U.S. - based gaming company Riot Games and 84 % investment in Finland - based gaming company Supercell, and Alibaba's 83 % stake in Southeast Asia's online shopping site Lazada.

As the holiday acquired nation - wide popularity, Alibaba became the first major company in 2009 to monetize the holiday by launching a special online sale and effectively transforming the day into the world's biggest 24 - hour online shopping event, one that reflects the growing wealth of China's middle - class.

«Steinbrueck behaves like a bull in a china shop,» said Michael Meister, deputy leader of Merkel's conservatives in the Bundestag (lower house of parliament).

Don't go in like a bull in a china shop with the idea that «At any cost, we're going to make it happen this way.»

Those willing to take the plunge and set up shop in China, however, will discover a vast universe of technical expertise.

While Australian companies in some of these industries are restricted to setting up shop in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, others, such as hotel chains and operators of care homes, can do business anywhere in China.

Be prepared to set up shop in China.

Amazon has become near - synonymous with online shopping in the US, but as this chart from Statista shows, it's barely a blip in the largest market out East: China.

The company is also planning to open 10 more locations in Canada by the end of its 2019 financial year, hoping to add up to 25 new shops in Taiwan and China, as well as build a presence in Singapore and Malaysia in the same time frame.

Today's Morning Briefing: Bull in a China Shop.

Beijing has been pushing for greater domestic spending, cracking down on shopping agents known as «daigou» bringing products into China from overseas, and cutting high tax rates on imported luxury goods sold in the country.

On Tuesday, consumers in China purchased US$ 9.3 billion worth of goods through Alibaba's main shopping platforms, Taobao and Tmall, a 60 % jump over last year's Singles Day.

The key uncertainty is how much the data has been distorted by the fall of China's annual Lunar New Year holidays, which were in February this year and in January in 2012 and which typically see factories shut up shop for two weeks.

The one - day ecommerce shopping event in China is bigger than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined.

Setting up «pop - up» burger shops for a day or so at a time, as they've done in Sydney and Melbourne, along with Japan, China, and England.

In an interview with the Post at a «Bing Sutt» - style Starbucks café in Central, which pays homage to the traditional 1950s Hong Kong coffee shop decor, Wong spoke of her vision since stepping into her role as the Seattle - based company's first China operations chief executive late OctobeIn an interview with the Post at a «Bing Sutt» - style Starbucks café in Central, which pays homage to the traditional 1950s Hong Kong coffee shop decor, Wong spoke of her vision since stepping into her role as the Seattle - based company's first China operations chief executive late Octobein Central, which pays homage to the traditional 1950s Hong Kong coffee shop decor, Wong spoke of her vision since stepping into her role as the Seattle - based company's first China operations chief executive late October.

China could also allow American tech companies to stay but make it much more costly and much more difficult to maintain shops in China, said GBH Insights» Dan Ives.

He burst into the international spotlight in 2012 by buying US cinema chain AMC Entertainment for $ 2.6 billion and his company owns more than 200 malls, shopping complexes and luxury hotels across China.

The U.S. tech giant notified suppliers that it had decided to cut the first - quarter production target to around 20 million units, in light of slower - than - expected sales in the year - end holiday shopping season in key markets such as Europe, the U.S. and China.

The thought is that a lot of Chinese mining operations will simply pick up shop and move — because China (according to industry experts) was in any case never an especially suitable location for mining.

Alibaba founder and chairman Jack Ma gestures as he attends Alibaba Group's 11.11 Global shopping festival in Beijing, China, November 10, 2015.

Rather, the result would be closer to a «bull in a china shop» — instituting unnecessary constraints on the AI activities.

At some point — long, long ago — someone would say «bull in a china shop» and you would actually picture the scene.

Meanwhile, although many products around the world bear the «Made in China» stamp, that doesn't necessarily mean Chinese brands have had an easy time setting up shop away from home.

There's no such quandary 8,000 miles away in China, where the «either - or» retail equation is being pushed aside in favor of a model, called «New Retail,» melding the best of both the in - shop and online experiences.

US$ 111.1 billion — that's how much the nationwide shopping spree in China over Lunar New Year last year was worth....

The Swiss company yesterday kicked off the six - month campaign by launching 67 products on Tmall.com, Alibaba's leading B2C online - shopping site, that have never been available in China before, including Nido milk powder from the Netherlands, Nestlé Damak chocolate from Turkey, Nescafé Gold from France, and Nestlé and Wyeth infant nutrition products from Switzerland, the U.K. and Germany.

Until jobs start being created in the US and Europe, western consumers won't start shopping, and China and other export - dependent Emerging Markets will have nowhere to export to.

Today we take a look at the increasing role that e-commerce is expected to play in the development of China as a consuming nation, a transition that is being accelerated by the growth of shopping via smartphones and other mobile devices.

Opening a store on Tmall — China's largest B2C online marketplace and part of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, whose retail shopping sites in the PRC have 367 million annual active buyers — «allows us to sell our wines to Chinese consumers in a marketplace which we believe will build our brand,» Kingston said in a statement.

Rather than sell through third - party distributors or open a Chinese - language shopping site, Costco elected to establish its China presence on Tmall's Tmall Global platform, a cross-border shopping solution that provides Western merchants with a simplified channel for selling online in the PRC.

Robert Mondavi Winery, one of California's best - known vintners, is joining Alibaba Group's Tmall.com online shopping marketplace to reach more consumers in China, the world's largest wine - consuming market.

The Yu'e Bao platform was launched in 2013 by Tianhong Asset Management and Alipay, which provides electronic payment services for transactions on China's largest online shopping websites, Taobao Marketplace and Tmall.com.

The service will allow WeChat users in China to travel to the United States, shop at a U.S. retail location, and purchase goods using the funds on...

Pursuing an omnichannel sales strategy, Macy's in 2011 began selling overseas into China and about 100 other countries through its English - language shopping website, macys.com, shipping goods from the U.S. to overseas online shoppers.

In late 2013, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron met with Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma in Shanghai during the signing of an agreement calling for the e-commerce giant to help promote British - made goods on Tmall.com, China's largest B2C shopping websitIn late 2013, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron met with Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma in Shanghai during the signing of an agreement calling for the e-commerce giant to help promote British - made goods on Tmall.com, China's largest B2C shopping websitin Shanghai during the signing of an agreement calling for the e-commerce giant to help promote British - made goods on Tmall.com, China's largest B2C shopping website.

Cross-border shopping in recent years has been one of the fastest - growing segments of the e-commerce market, with China ranking as one of the top countries for cross-border activity.

Puritan's Pride opened a Web store in October 2014 on Tmall Global, a special section of Alibaba's Tmall.com online shopping portal for foreign brands that don't operate physical stores and have not obtained business licenses to operate in China.

If successful, consumers would be able to pay with Alipay in a brick - and - mortar shop in Australia, then have digital promotions sent to them so they can shop on Tmall Global once they're home in China.

While in the past online and offline retailers tended to be mortal enemies, in China the rapid growth of e-commerce and mobile shopping is encouraging tie - ups like the Alibaba - Suning deal as Internet companies teamed with old - school retailers try to leverage each others» strengths to introduce new, mobile - tech - enabled products and services.

Some 180,000 stores in 330 cities across China, representing more than a thousand brands, will employ a variety of omnichannel strategies during the 11.11 festival this year to make shopping more convenient and rewarding, whether consumers are shopping online, in physical stores, or both, according to Alibaba.

Gap, which has an online shop on Tmall.com, China's largest B2C shopping website, «has no plans to open physical stores in third, fourth and fifth - tier cities,» Yeung said, «so for us, the only way to reach out to these customers is online.»

Daniel Zhang, Alibaba Group's chief operating officer, said in a press conference last week that he hopes the 11.11 sale will become a true global shopping event in five to 10 years as Alibaba's e-commerce ecosystem, once largely confined within China's borders, continues to expand internationally through collaboration with more governments, banks and postal services in order to give shoppers everywhere a seamless, «local» e-commerce experience — no matter where the merchants they patronize are located.

China has become the latest nation to introduce a gold dispensing vending machine, which was installed within the busy Wangfujing Street shopping district in Beijing on Saturday.

During a press conference today in Beijing, Alibaba Group President of China Retail Marketplaces Jeff Zhang said the company hopes to use the 11.11 festival — the largest online shopping sale in the world — to encourage brands and retailers make the transition from traditional to omnichannel retailing by combining the strengths of the online and offline shopping experiences.

Leveraging Alibaba's expansive set of consumer analytics, Tmall Global provides overseas vendors insights into Chinese consumers» shopping behavior and preferences, which gives vendors more clarity and greater confidence in choosing what to sell into China, Jing said.

In China, about 90 % of ecommerce is done in online marketplaces, vast collections of the virtual shops of thousands of independent merchants supported by third - party service providers such as parcel - delivery companieIn China, about 90 % of ecommerce is done in online marketplaces, vast collections of the virtual shops of thousands of independent merchants supported by third - party service providers such as parcel - delivery companiein online marketplaces, vast collections of the virtual shops of thousands of independent merchants supported by third - party service providers such as parcel - delivery companies.

Indeed, online shopping on mobile devices is booming in China, which appears to play to a Blue Nile strength.