First Cut on Ctrip.com Q2 Results: Margins Remain Under Pressure
After the close in New York on Wednesday August 31st, Ctrip.com International (ADR) (CTRP US) and its affiliate Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd (QUNR...
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Air China H1 Result Shows Progress on Cost-Cutting, OP up 20% Y/Y; Negative Read-Through for Ctrip
Air China Ltd (H) (753 HK) H1 results (out late in the day on August 30th) showed continued success in cost-cutting, specifically efforts to reduce...
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Weekly China Property Data For August Points At Further Gradual Slowdown In National Sales Growth
The weekly data from SouFun-CREIS survey on new home sales in 35 major cities for the four weeks August 1 - 28 (Weeks 32-35) shows a further,...
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Summer (Mis-)Adventures in Luxury Retail: Why to Avoid Coach (6388:HK / COH:US) For Now
This Summer we visited over a dozen premium handbag stores in New York City and Honolulu in order to better understand the issues facing Coach and...
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Tourism Trends and China
In-bound tourism to China appears to be in decline, albeit slowly. At the same time, foreign travel by Chinese residents has grown rapidly, driven...
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