International and Emerging Markets Blog

Meet our experts: Simon Bevan

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories: China , Interviews | Tags: Grant Thornton, China, property, growth, UK, insight, interview, retail, strategy, staff, Meet our experts, profile, Q&A, Real Estate, assurance, Simon Bevan, business services

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Fresh from a business sabbatical in Asia, where he is a visiting professor at Xiamen University, Fujian province in China, Simon Bevan talks about his time in Asia, his work and what growth-seeking companies should be thinking about right now.

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Kelkoo’s BRIC comparison picks out Brazil for growth

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Brazil, Thought leadership | Tags: growth, international, compliance, Brazil, expansion, regulation, audit, case study, Kelkoo

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Want to know how other tech firms are tapping into high-growth BRIC markets? Find out as we begin a series of case studies from our new technology investment report on how to unlock growth potential in emerging markets. First up, is online price comparison website Kelkoo, which has recently expanded into Brazil…

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China diary: Beijing retail and doing business the Chinese way

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 | Posted by: Barry Knight
Categories: China | Tags: China, UK, retail, China diary, location, retailers, Beijing, Chinese products, online shopping, hutongs

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The retail market in Beijing is quite different from Hong Kong and Shanghai – still international but with more of a Chinese flavour. In our final post from China, Barry Knight, Head of Retail, visits some of the city’s main shopping areas.

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How to do a market opportunity assessment (an India-UK case study)

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: India, Thought leadership | Tags: investment, growth, research, performance, due diligence, corporate finance, conference, strategy, Story of the Deal, advisory, demand, supply, competitors, Lushani Kodituwakku, market research, CDD, market assessment, Commercial Due Diligence, leisure sector, hotel

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Any company seeking to expand overseas needs to do its homework first. We often blog about the issues facing UK companies seeking growth in India or China, but how does this work in reverse? How can fast-growing BRIC corporates, for example, assess a move to the UK?

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