Consumer Markets Abroad articles from August 1988

Consumer Markets Abroad archives from August 1988

World piety count; the world's fastest-growing religions are most popular in low-income regions of the world.
August 1, 1988... WORLD PIETY COUNT Businesses must understand the lifestyles of Muslims and Hindus--two of the world's fastest-growing religions--to succeed internationally. Although one-third of the world's five billion people belong to some Christian...

Shanghai's changing fortune; the volume of Shanghai's 12 million consumer voices is rising.
August 1, 1988... SHANGHAI'S CHANGING FORTUNE Few foreigners realize that Shanghai outnumbers Beijing by 2.5 million people. China's largest municipality rivals Mexico City, Tokyo, and New York City in population. Fully 12.2 million Chinese now make...

Discover Milan, Italy; Milan's older Italians are the country's leading innovators.
August 1, 1988... DISCOVER MILAN, ITALY According to common logic, if you want to target a country's most vibrant city, find out where the young people live. But common logic is not necessarily Italian logic. In Milan, Italy's manufacturing and publishing...

Exporting vices: smoking in Asia.
August 1, 1988... EXPORTING VICES: SMOKING IN ASIA American temperance in the 1980s begins on the public bus to work each morning, continues amidst fresh conference-room air at the office, and ends in a dark cafe over a tasty, no-notine meal. In old blue-law...

Consequences.
August 1, 1988... Consequences Consequences, Development Through Self-Reliance, Inc., distributed through DSR, Inc., P.O. Box 281, Columbia, MD 21045, 53 minutes, US$500.00. The first dramatic film made in Zimbabwe by Zimbabweans is not a frivolous...