China’s Toy Exports Increase Sharply

According to recent data from the General Administration of Customs,China's toy exports during January and February reached USD 5.02 billion,up 96.8% from last year and 41.2%from 20i9.CTJPA(China Toy 8 Juvenile Products Association)said the export of toys and other products of the"stay-home economy"have shown strong momentum.     

An Analysis of Factors Influencing Membership Retention at a Children’s Museum

Membership fees are an important source of sustained revenue for not-for-profit organizations. Moreover, these membership programs facilitate loyalty to the organization and provide certainty to a percentage of revenue intake. In this study, we examine how frequency of visits, satisfaction with membership programs, length of membership, age, average household income, and driving time affect membership retention in a children’s museum. Findings indicate that all of the factors above influence membership renewal intention. We summarize this study with recommendations for both member recruitment and retention for not-for-profit organizations that utilize membership programs.     

China’s Home Appliance Exports Have Achieved A “Counterattack”

According to the latest data released by the China Household Electrical Appliances Association,in 2020,China’s home appliance industry recovered steadily,and the primary business income of the whole industry reached 1.48 trillion,down by only 1.06%yearon-year.The annual cumulative export value was USD 83.7 billion,an increase of 18%.The scale of the export value remained at the best level in this period of time,and the growth rate was the highest in the last 10 years.     

Subprime Crisis Damages China＇s Textile Exports

As the effects of the subprime crisis in the U.S. continue to grow and spread across the ,world, many financial institutions in the U.S. and E.U. have closed down.     

China’s growing conflict with the WTO

China is the leading exporter of rare earths, elements which are crucial to the development of high-tech products and new green technologies. In recent years, however, China has begun imposing export restraints on these elements in order to benefit its domestic economic development. This reduces global supply and thus artificially leads to higher prices for importing countries. The EU, the US and Japan have launched a formal complaint in the WTO against China’s export restrictions. China claims that these restrictions are aimed at environmental protection. This paper examines China’s rare earth policy and its compliance with WTO rules.     

China＇s Soaring Exports Agitates Currency Debate

On March 10, statistics from China＇s General Administration of Customs showed that its exports climbed 45.7% in February from a year earlier, and 21% increase from January, beating estimates and providing fresh evidence of a robust recovery in an economy poised to overtake Japan as the second-largest in the world. Economists said the data signaled a rebound in consumer demand from the United States and other Western markets after the financial crisis last year.     

Factors Influencing Web Customers’ Willingness to Engage in Online Shopping with an Internet Retailer

This study is an effort to identify and analyze the factors that could potentially influence web customers’ willingness to engage in online shopping with an Internet retailer. Using the primary data collected from a large sample of a web-based consumer survey, researchers developed a structural Equation model that embodied those factors that potentially influenced web customers’ willingness to engage in online shopping with an Internet retailer. Seven constructs were considered to study the effects of those factors on the web customers’ willingness to engage in online shopping with an Internet retailer, including quality of service, inertia to change, economic value, stress reduction, enjoyment in doing business, comfort level with website, and aesthetic appeal. The proposed model is largely supported and validated by several statistical measures and tests.     

China＇s Auto Exports： Gloomy Performance in Russia

In recent years, Russia has increasingly become a hot new destination for the fast-growing Chinese auto export. Relating data shows that, from 2006 to 2008, Russia has .consecutively remained China＇s biggest auto export country in terms of export value.     

Evaluating the Factors Influencing the Number of Visits to Farmers’ Markets

The primary objective of this article was to determine key factors affecting the frequency of consumer visits to farmers’ markets. Data were obtained from in-person surveys administered in two farmers’ markets locations in Texas, and used to determine consumer factors, market factors, and socio-demographic characteristics of shoppers influencing frequency of visits. The results of the model showed that travel distance, number of adults in the household, market promotional activities such as entertainment and education, food events, and, to a lesser degree, some demographic variables were all determinants of frequency of visits to farmers’ markets. The negative effect of the distance to the market highlights the importance of farmers’ market location and influences the demographic profile of buyers as most visitors tend to shop in nearby markets. Thus, results also suggest that demographics characteristics are a weak predictor of farmers’ markets interest.     

China’s Stone Market

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Factors Influencing Young Consumers’ Acceptance of Genetically Modified Food in India

We analyzed the determinants of acceptance of genetically modified food (GMF) by using the probit model. In this study, we found that around 41% of the students are willing to buy GMF, and acceptance of GMF is less in female respondents than male respondents. The findings indicate that in India, benefit perception of GMF outweighed the risk perception. We also found that respondents’ trust in international organizations for truthful information has a positive and significant influence on acceptance of GMF.     

Challenges Rising for China＇s Textile Exports in Post-Quota Era

The explosive growth of Chinese textile exports following the end of the global textile trade quota system has set off protectionist alarms in the West, and two of the biggest western industrialized countries or utilities, the United States and the European Union, coincidentally, both triggered processes to limit textiles imports from China, sparking an angry response from the rising Asian giant who swore it would not be pushed around on the issue.     

China＇s Shoes Exports Expand in First Half, Prices Lower

China, the world＇s largest shoes producer and exporter, saw a 17.5% rise in the value of its shoes exports in the first half of 2007. but prices per Pair were lower than that for the previous year.     

Determinants of Online Shopping Influencing Thai Consumer’s Buying Choices

With the ease and availability of high-speed Internet service, online shopping is increasing rapidly. Consumers are moving to more intensive use of the Internet as the technology becomes more accessible, the availability of information increases, and the ability to interact through the Internet evolves. The success of online businesses relies heavily upon its ability to attract customers to complete purchase transactions on their websites. Even though the number of people who use the Internet every day and visit various shopping sites increases daily, it is interesting to note that quite a few of them still hesitate to purchase online. This study intends to examine what factors play a crucial role in encouraging or discouraging consumers in Thailand from shopping online. The findings from this study should help online businesses better understand the mindset of Thai consumers and find ways to improve websites in order to attract more customers.     

Performance of China’s advertising agencies: a time series cross-sectional analysis

Although China has been the world’s second largest advertising market after the United States in terms of advertising spending since 2006, the performance of advertising agencies in China and the factors that contribute to this performance have been understudied. However, by incorporating the structure-conduct-performance model and agency theory into the integrative framework and conducting a time series cross-sectional analysis, we determine that the degree of concentration in the advertising agency industry and number of regulations in the advertising industry have had significant negative effects on the financial performance of agencies. In addition, agencies with mainly foreign capital have performed better than those with only Chinese capital. Agencies adopting strategies of initial public offering (IPOs) or engaging in name changes and mergers have performed better than those that have done nothing. Implications are also discussed.     

Factors Influencing Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Organic Fruits and Vegetables: Empirical Evidence from a Consumer Survey in India

Numerous consumers confronted with increasing environmental problems, food safety issues, and augmentative health problems increasingly desire to have healthier and more natural foods grown in an eco-friendly manner. Hitherto organic foods only partly benefit from this increasing market environment, and their market share stays rather low despite high growth rates. This article aims to investigate consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for organic fruits and vegetables and relevant factors affecting consumers WTP. The contingent valuation method was selected to estimate WTP. Empirical data was drawn from a 250-consumer survey conducted in Bangalore during February 2013. A binomial logistic regression model was applied to obtain the value of WTP and determine the factors influencing it. The results indicated that about 90% of the consumers were willing to pay a premium price ranging between 5% to more than 100% in order to acquire better-quality fruits and vegetables; factors such as family income, size of the family, gender, and other opinion variables such as chemical residue in conventional foods, trust on retailers, taste, and environmental concerns significantly influence consumers’ WTP. More than 87% of the consumers indicated that high price, lack of availability, narrow range, and irregular supply are the major barriers for them to buy these products. The results provide useful evidence to pertinent governmental agencies in terms of assisting in the design of policies for the promotion of organic food production and marketing and reaching the target public. Furthermore, firms involved in the organic foods business may also see benefits when drawing information in order to calibrate marketing strategies.     

Consensus Measure with Multi-stage Fluctuation Utility Based on China’s Urban Demolition Negotiation

Utility functions are often used to reflect decision makers’ (DMs’) preferences. They have the following two merits: one refers to the representation of the DM’s utility (satisfaction) level, the other one to the measuring of the consensus level in a negotiation process. Taking the background of China’s urban house demolition, a new kind of consensus model is established by using different types of multi-stage fluctuation utility functions, such as concave, convex, S-shaped, reversed S-shaped, reversed U-shaped as well as their combinations, to reveal negotiators’ dynamic physiological preferences and consensus level. Moreover, the effects of the decision-making budget and the individual compensation tolerance on the consensus level are also discussed in this paper. Compared with previous research, the proposed model takes both the negotiation cost and DM’s preference structure into consideration, and most importantly, it is computational less complex.     

Senior Official： China＇s Kid Pajama Exports to New Zealand Tested Qualified

A Chinese national research center said recently that the consumer price index （CPI） is still .within government control although it will ＂keep rising at a moderate rate for a relatively long time＂.     

China’s Night-time Economy Continues to Increase

Consumers of the night-time economy not only help to stimulate the domestic de-mand for 1ocal residents,but also prolong the retention time of non-local tourists and business and office workers, thereby driving local economic development.Throughout the pandemic.