The ultimate purpose of the IDS Group is to enable our customers to do business without boundaries across Asia. We have intimate experience of the Greater China region. Here, we bring our multinational customers’ products into places that can appear too difficult to penetrate, but too attractive to ignore.
Success in China requires extensive and deep-rooted local knowledge, commitment, tenacity and a long-term view. IDS has had a long and successful on-the-ground experience of doing business in China, which is the biggest and fastest growing market today for IDS. Through Li & Fung, IDS is inextricably linked to China for over a century. This strong Chinese heritage is extremely beneficial and valuable to brand owners and retailers looking for a hassle-free and effective partnership in China.
Our Logistics operation manages an extensive network of distribution centers and is a leading service provider for the footwear and apparel sector. Our Distribution business owns nation-wide licenses for both consumer and healthcare products, and operates a network of 18 branch offices across China with direct selling and key account management capabilities, covering over 150 cities and 10,000 modern trade outlets..
Exclusive to this website, you can now download Li &
Fung Research Centre's research newsletters, China Distribution
& Trading and China Update. In these publications, you
can get updated information about the China market covering
law and regulations, consumer market trends, product updates
as well as important industry news.
Special Reports
This section provides latest reports on various topics including China's commercial sector and sourcing business.
Statistical Summary
Li & Fung China Trade Quarterly
The Li & Fung Trade Quarterly series offer updates on
China's domestic and foreign trade including recent developments,
highlights and future prospects.
Li & Fung China Sourcing Quarterly
Purchasing Managers' Index Monthly Reports
In August 2005, China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing,
in association with Li & Fung Research Centre, launched
China's first official Manufacturing Purchasing Managers'
Index (PMI). The PMI serves as a leading indicator each
month of economic activities in China's manufacturing sector.
PMI Quarterly on China Manufacturing
Industry Series
Detailed analysis of some selected consumer product
sectors, including cosmetics, apparel, food, dairy products,
are provided in this series. The reports include some exclusive
data from China National Commercial Information Centre.
China Distribution and Trading
This series provide intelligence on wide-ranging topics
related to China's distribution and trading sectors-China's
economy, consumer market, retail sector, logistics sector,
trade-related issues, to name a few.
Industrial Clusters Series
There are abundant industrial clusters in China whose
development has greatly helped shaped China's economic growth
and enhanced China's competitiveness. Industrial clusters
are closely related to sourcing business as well. This series
enable investors to have a good understanding of regional
economic development, the manufacturing industry, and potential
business opportunities.
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