Opinion: China’s slippery consumers

Business & Technology

Marks & Spencer has joined a number of Western retailers that have failed in the increasingly difficult struggle to win over China’s mass market, as consumption slows and local firms pull ahead of foreign operations, writes Nisha Gopalan.

Amedeo Tumolillo

Amedeo Tumolillo is an editorial consultant with The China Project and award-winning multimedia journalist. He previously worked at The New York Times and Spectrum. Follow him on Twitter at @hellotumo.

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