Red straight-shooters, yellow divebombers, green boomerangers, black bombers and white egg-droppers. These are the colorful cast of game figures in one of the most popular games in current history. Too bad green is already taken because these birds are also some of the biggest money-makers as well. It was recently reported that Angry Birds opened [...]
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Angry Birds, Happy Business
Across the Pond – The Business World in China
Andy Cantu spent 3 months working with an Ivie Asia client in Suzhou, China. This a piece of his American perspective of doing business in the East. You can see more of his experience including several photos and videos by visiting www.expatcantu.posterous.com. 16 hours flying in the sky. My eyes were slowly closing as we began [...]
Sealing the Deal in China
This summer I worked on a special assignment in China working on-site with a client of Ivie’s. I worked with the client in Suzhou and communicated on a daily basis with our Shanghai office. This assignment brought me several challenges as you could imagine but the one that mattered from a business standpoint was understanding [...]
Apple Bites & Faux-niture – When Entire Brands Get Knocked-Off
While on assignment here in China there have been interesting headline stories to come out of the country that I would’ve probably been oblivious to if it weren’t for me living here – China’s terrible bullet train derailment, a growing trend of painting pets like wild animals, and then one that exploded in the headlines [...]
Social Media – The Cure for the Common Homesickness
1 month – This is the time I’ve spent so far outside of the United States. It’s the longest period of time I’ve been away from not just people like my girlfriend or roommates but from EVERY SINGLE PERSON I have ever met or known. And I have 2 more months of this isolation to [...]
Print in Translation: The Print Industry in China
For our external readers, let me clarify the relevance to this post. It’s not like I just had the idea to talk about printing in another country. No, the reason is because I’m currently working all summer long on-site with our Asia division for one of our China clients. It’s been an incredible journey and [...]
Drive Customers into Your Store, Literally!
In Shanghai I have become quite the “local” in my own mind. I don’t get as many odd stares and weird looks as to say, “You’re doing it wrong,” in that very polite and respectful Asian manner. When one becomes more comfortable in their foreign surroundings they start to get “cocky” and test their limits, [...]
