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Understanding culture: why Walmart has struggled in China

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Systems AI, Digital Health

Sea Bass With Barbie Dolls Challenge Wal-Mart in China By Bloomberg News -, bloomberg.com Play Shelves stacked to the ceil­ing with low-price hot sauce, Bar­bie dolls, and noo­dles stand near tanks where shop­pers can fish out live sea bass for din­ner. Wel­come to RT-Mart, China’s ver­sion of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) From Shang­… RT @BloombergNews: … Continue reading Understanding culture: why Walmart has struggled in China

Struggling Big Pharma returns to Chinese ethno medicine for ideas

by timbatchelder, posted in Biomedical Informatics, Cognitive Systems AI, Digital Health

Ancient Chinese Cures Seen Helping Drugmaker Pipelines By Bloomberg News -, bloomberg.com The world’s biggest drug­mak­ers are turn­ing to ancient Chi­nese reme­dies to boost prod­uct pipelines. Glax­o­SmithK­line Plc is test­ing botan­i­cals — com­pounds extract­ed from plants — for immune dis­or­ders, Sanofi plans to turn… RT @BloombergNews: The world’s biggest drugmakers are turning to ancient Chinese … Continue reading Struggling Big Pharma returns to Chinese ethno medicine for ideas