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    ISPO Shanghai takes place in June

    18 February 2022

    Messe München’s Chinese representative has announced the dates for this year’s ISPO Shanghai. The show serves as the leading multi-segment summer trade show for the sports industry in Asia. Originally scheduled for mid-July, the event will now take place June 16-18, 2022, at the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC). ...

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    Jack Wolfskin appoints new GM for China

    7 February 2022

    Jack Wolfskin has appointed Matthew Jung as its new general manager for China, effective Feb. 9. In this role, the U.S. citizen will be responsible for implementing the company’s new strategic brand direction with the claim “We Live to Discover” and developing Jack Wolfskin’s omnichannel strategy in China. ...

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    Alibaba tops Greenpeace’s environmental ranking among China’s e-com platforms

    10 January 2022

    Greenpeace East Asia has ranked China’s largest e-commerce platforms based on their commitment to combating climate change, actions already taken, level of disclosure and steps taken to manage the marketplaces responsibly and sustainably. According to the climate activist group, Hangzhou-based e-commerce platform Alibaba, which last December pledged to become carbon ...

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    Goldwin opens flagship store in Beijing

    4 January 2022

    With the opening of Goldwin Beijing on Dec. 27, 2021, the Japanese brand is consistently following a long-term global growth strategy. After Goldwin San Francisco (2019) and Goldwin Munich (2020), Goldwin Beijing is the third brand-owned flagship store outside Japan. Goldwin Beijing, placed in the heart of Chinese winter sports, ...

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    ISPO Beijing 2021 postponed

    15 December 2021

    ISPO Group has announced that ISPO Beijing, which was scheduled to take place Dec. 28-30, 2021, at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, China, has had to be postponed at short notice in light of the still complex and serious pandemic situation at a national level and to implement ...

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    Weather chaos in China and Europe results in more supply chain disruptions

    4 August 2021

    Floods in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and China have caused disruptions in supply chains. The natural disasters paralyzed road, rail and sea traffic, putting deliveries ahead of the winter holidays at risk. According to preliminary estimates, the cost of restoring railroads in European countries will be up to $4 billion. ...

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    ISPO Shanghai 2021 confirms demand for physical trade shows

    14 July 2021

    More than 350 brands, 19,002 visitors (up 7 percent from 2020: 17,776) and sports enthusiasts attended ISPO Shanghai 2021 from July 2-4, 2021, at the Shanghai New International Expo Center. The event saw its fourth consecutive year of growth, again sending a clear message about the need for physical trade ...

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    Amnesty accuses China of crimes against humanity in Xinjiang

    15 June 2021

    Amnesty International has released a 160-page report titled Like We Were Enemies in a War: China’s Mass Internment, Torture and Persecution of Muslims in Xinjiang. Since 2017, Amnesty argues, Chinese authorities have been using “one of the world’s most sophisticated surveillance systems and a vast network of hundreds of grim ...

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    EU modernizes VAT rules for international online trade

    8 June 2021

    New EU tax rules for orders placed with non-European online retailers will come into force at the beginning of July. The most important change is the elimination of the previous exemption limit of €22 for direct (B2C) imports. This means that import VAT will be due on all packages, with ...

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    Ecco opens flagship store in Shanghai

    11 May 2021

    Danish footwear brand Ecco opened a new flagship store in Shanghai in April. The company said that physical stores remain an important and attractive sales channel for Ecco’s customers, although online shopping has become an essential part of the “new normal.” Additionally, life in Shanghai right now is not hampered ...

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    Bafang invests in subsidiary for battery pack production in Suzhou

    26 February 2021

    China’s e-bike powerhouse Bafang Electric has just invested in a new subsidiary in its hometown of Suzhou to ensure timely delivery and compatibility of battery packs with Bafang’s products. As a result, the company’s board of directors has decided to establish its third wholly-owned subsidiary, Bafang New Energy (Suzhou) Co. ...

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    Kuehne + Nagel buys Chinese freight company

    22 February 2021

    The Swiss logistics group Kuehne + Nagel has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the Chinese freight forwarder Apex International Corporation. According to the German Handelsblatt, experts value the transaction between US$1.5 billion (about €1.2 billion) and US$2 billion (€1.6 billion). This is the largest acquisition in the history ...

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    ​Kavu signs partnership with Himalaya Trading for China

    3 February 2021

    U.S. outdoor brand Kavu, founded in Seattle in 1993, announced that it is signing with distributor Himalaya Trading Co. Ltd. to anchor the brand in China. This is part of the brand’s continued expansion in Asia-Pacific (APAC) markets. Kavu was first introduced to the APAC region more than 25 years ...

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    Anti-dumping duties on e-bikes from China do not benefit EU manufacturers as expected

    26 January 2021

    Due to the anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Chinese e-bikes announced in mid-January 2019, e-bike exports from China to the EU shrank by 84 percent to 105,803 units the same year compared to 2018. While this double-digit decline was entirely at the expense of e-bike manufacturers in China, who were ...

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    Leva-EU calls for change in legislation that discriminates against e-bike manufacturers over China components

    25 January 2021

    Europe’s trade association and sole voice for the light electric vehicle industry, Leva-EU, says companies that exclusively assemble e-bikes face discrimination that threatens their existence. It also hurts the Green Deal goals outlined by the commission “and could severely hamper the EU’s net-zero emissions target.” Currently, e-bike ...

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    Alibaba founder Ma makes first public appearance since October

    20 January 2021

    According to international media reports, Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, founder of Chinese online giant Alibaba, has made his first public appearance since late October 2020. Chinese state media circulated a video in which Ma reportedly addressed 100 teachers in rural areas. In the video, he also announced his intention to ...

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    Fair Labor Association members will likely not source from and produce in the Xinjiang region

    5 January 2021

    The Fair Labor Association (FLA) has prohibited its member companies from sourcing from and producing in the Xinjiang region, in northwest China, due to growing concerns over human rights and labor violations. The region is home to several ethnic minority groups, including the Uyghur people. Last year, the FLA advised ...

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    EU and China reach agreement on investments

    31 December 2020

    After seven years of talks, the European Union and China have agreed in principle on an investment agreement after their leaders met on a conference call on Dec. 30. The parties had set the end of 2020 as the deadline to strike a deal. The European Commission said that the ...

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    China launches an anti-trust probe against Alibaba

    30 December 2020

    The Chinese government’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has launched an anti-trust investigation against the Alibaba Group to verify charges that its marketplaces require merchants to sign exclusive agreements that prevent them from offering products on other internet platforms. Separately, the People’s Bank of China said that Ant, Alibaba’s ...

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    Berghaus now available on Tmall to drive Pentland’s growth in China

    10 November 2020

    Pentland Brands has introduced Berghaus and ellesse, two of its most successful brands, to China as part of Pentland’s strategy to drive the group’s commercial growth in the region. The brands are now available in China on Tmall. With the outdoor category growing 9 percent year-on-year in China according to ...