Working in UKTI’s Consumer and Retail Sector Team, I am used to meeting well-known British brands, but it’s rare to be in a room with over 1,000 of them! Last week was an exception, when I attended the 2014 National …
Sue Kinoshita: Director of UK Trade & Investment Japan, shares her experience of this year's GREAT Week in Japan events which involved nearly 50 UK companies and over 500 Japanese buyers. It wasn't quite the Queen in her carriage being …
There is no doubt that retailers today benefit from information and resources that their predecessors did not have. They can identify online communities across the globe, count their total audience reach through social media and compare operational costs around a …
In September, UKTI held a GREAT Week mission to Malaysia and Singapore, two key markets in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asia Nations) region, set to be one of the world’s top ten largest economies by 2020. Both Malaysians and Singaporeans …
Here is a snapshot of the launch of UKTI's e-Exporting Programme at Autumn Fair on Monday 8 September 2014.
If someone said to you that you could launch your product in South Korea using a single solution that includes TV shopping channels, e-marketplaces and a range of digital magazine titles all linked to an end to end fulfilment system, …
As news of its impending IPO resurfaces, it is clear to see why the Alibaba Group is not only China’s biggest online commerce company, but will soon be one of the most valuable tech companies in the world. A quick …
UKTI is the world’s leading trade promotion organisation, providing support, advice and services to UK companies wanting to take their brand to the world. Because of this work, every day we hear from UK companies on how the work we …
Recently, I wrote a blog on why I think UK companies should attend GREAT Weeks. For my second blog, I let the companies do the talking and asked a couple of our attendees to describe the value they derived from attending …
For the last month UKTI have been busy running a series of events called GREAT Weeks. Here is a snapshot of two recent GREAT Week events, along with wins for British companies who attended these vital trade missions in the …
