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The race for China’s youth market

gap-china476A corporate strategy article by Thunderbird students Emma Brown, Caroline Caverly, Julie Goodman, Kelly Post and Angela Wong

Last year, when an apparel giant opened four stores in China and failed to gain a significant portion of the retail sales, multinational retail stores took note. The Gap, an apparel line successful in more than 3,000 locations worldwide, had everything going for them. So, what went wrong? The Gap’s biggest mistake was the cookie cutter approach it took to establishing its presence in the world’s largest youth market. The Gap sought to target the increasing middle-income consumers in the rapidly growing Chinese market, but failed to capture the attention of their most important customers, the Chinese youth. Read the full article in Thunderbird Student Projects, a Thunderbird Knowledge Network blog that showcases research from the Global Strategy class of Thunderbird Professor Nathan Washburn, Ph.D.

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