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☆ How Luckin Coffee overtook Starbucks as the largest coffee chain in China
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

SHENZHEN, CHINA - 2020/10/05: Chinese coffee shop chain Luckin Coffee logo seen at a store. Founded in 2017, Luckin Coffee burst onto the Chinese coffee scene to challenge Starbucks through affordable coffee options and mobile ordering. China is Starbucks' second-largest market after the U.S. Luckin Coffee grew to 10,829 stores in China at the end of June, surpassing Starbucks as the largest coffee chain brand in the country following what one analyst calls an "aggressive" expansion. Meanwhile, Starbucks' stores worldwide are company-owned and the American coffee chain does not franchise operations, according to its website. The Chinese coffee chain said that it sold 5.42 million Moutai alcohol-infused lattes on the first day of its launch.

Persons: Alex Tai, Li, Rahul Maheshwari, Luckin, Vivian Leung, Zhang Peng, Price, it's, Jianggan Li, Leung, Kweichow Moutai, Moutai, Shawn Yang, Yang, latte Organizations: Getty, Starbucks, U.S, Luckin, Momentum, Coffee, CNBC, Lightrocket, Brand Finance, Blue Lotus Research Institute Locations: SHENZHEN, CHINA, China, Singapore, Guangzhou, TIANJIN, Asia, Beijing

☆ CNBC Daily Open: High yields posed no threat to the tech rally
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. The Nasdaq Composite rallied, buoyed by tech stocks. More than luck to surpass StarbucksAsk any American to think of the most common coffee chain, and chances are they'd mention Starbucks. A combination of its franchise model, low pricing and self-operated stores helped a coffee chain founded in 2017 surpass an established brand.

Persons: Wall, JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, it'd, Dimon, Cristiano Amon, he's Organizations: CNBC, Nasdaq, Japan's Nikkei, Garden Holdings, JPMorgan, Qualcomm Qualcomm, Apple, UBS, Starbucks, Apple Apple Locations: Munich, Germany, Asia, Pacific, U.S, Ukraine, China

BEIJING, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Kweichow Moutai (600519.SS) and coffee brand Luckin Coffee (LC0Ay.MU) on Monday launched in China a latte advertised as containing the fiery Chinese spirit baijiu, as the Chinese luxury liquor maker aims to pull in younger consumers. The companies said the latte alcohol content was lower than 0.5% of its volume. By Monday afternoon in Beijing and Shanghai, Luckin's app showed that the drink had sold out at several stores. "Moutai and Luckin are the leading enterprises in the domestic liquor and coffee sectors, respectively," Zhu said. ($1 = 7.2640 Chinese yuan)Reporting by Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh; Editing by Gerry DoyleOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Moutai, Kweichow Moutai, Zhu Danpeng, Zhu, Luckin, Sophie Yu, Brenda Goh, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Monday, Weibo, Luckin, Nasdaq, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, China, China's, Guizhou, Beijing, Shanghai

Hong Kong CNN —Luckin Coffee has joined forces with Kweichow Moutai, the maker of China’s fiery national liquor baijiu, for an unusual offering: alcoholic lattes. The popular Chinese coffee chain rolled out the so-called “sauce-flavored latte” with a jolt of liquor for 38 yuan ($5.20) on Monday. The “sauce” in the name is an apparent reference to the slightly savory notes of Moutai’s liquor that has been compared by some drinkers to soy sauce. The new drink quickly became a hot topic on Chinese social media, with many users wondering if it was safe to consume on the go. Luckin Coffee has made a comeback with consumers after becoming mired in a fraud scandal that caused its ejection from Wall Street three years ago.

Persons: Kweichow Moutai, ”, Moutai’s, Gan Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Weibo, Luckin, Wall Street Locations: Hong Kong, Zunyi, China’s Guizhou, China

[1/5] Customers stand next to a counter at a Starbucks' outlet at a market in New Delhi, India, May 30, 2023. Starbucks plans to open more stores in smaller towns, said an industry source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Soon after Starbucks' May launch of $3.33 milkshakes, designed to attract children, Third Wave launched its own range, a fifth cheaper at $2.71. He saw Starbucks' cheaper, small-sized drinks as a response to competition in "an incredibly price-sensitive market". "Going deeper into smaller cities, beyond the metros, is the only way to grow," said Ankur Bisen, head of retail at India's Technopak Advisors.

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☆ China thesis lurches from one lazy extreme to next
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Pete Sweeney | Thomson Reuters | Asia Economics Editor Pete Sweeney Joined Reuters Breakingviews In Hong Kong In September Previously He Served As Reuters' Chief Correspondent For China Economy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

HONG KONG, May 25 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Foreigners that once piled into offshore Chinese equities are evacuating as confidence in the country’s economic recovery sags. The China trade has always been unbalanced towards overseas-listed Chinese consumer and internet firms, and foreigners preferred building factories, acquiring large stakes in companies and the like over portfolio trading. Even at a peak in 2021, they held barely over 8 trillion yuan ($1.1 trillion) of yuan-denominated Chinese stocks and bonds, per official data, compared to $27 trillion of American equivalents. Now the former figure has fallen below 7 trillion yuan. Major Chinese indexes in Hong Kong and New York have also slid, with the Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index having lost around 15% in the last three months.

☆ Big U.S. firms adopt cautious tone on China recovery
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

In April, China's imports contracted sharply, underscoring signs of weak domestic demand as a battered property market, worries over job stability and global economic uncertainty kept shoppers wary. "We grew mid-single digits in China, which had previously been a double-digit growth market for us pre-pandemic. "Consumer confidence remains weak and shaken because many Chinese faced job and salary cuts in 2022 and Chinese New Year bonuses in 2023 were low," said Shaun Rein, managing director at China Market Research Group. Still, a rapid recovery in domestic travel demand propped up sales at hotels. "China will be a growth driver for many multi-national companies but will not be at the high growth rates many analysts predict," China Market Research's Rein said.

☆ Luckin Coffee — the Starbucks of China — is punishing staff for getting drink orders wrong by making them copy down lines of customer complaints: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Luckin Coffee is punishing staff by making them copy lines of customer complaints, Jiupai News reported. A Luckin customer service rep told the outlet the punishment aimed to encourage staff to read customers' notes. Punishing adults with copying lines is humiliating," read another response to the post. Luckin Coffee did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. A Luckin customer service staff told Jiupai News in April that it often receives customer complaints about wrong orders and the punishment was being administered so that staff does not forget to read customers' notes.

☆ Credit Suisse: Why it’s struggling and why that’s a big deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Credit Suisse is one of the biggest financial institutions in the world. “Credit Suisse is much more globally interconnected … not just a Swiss problem but a global one.”Why is Credit Suisse struggling now? That engulfed other banks facing big problems, including Credit Suisse, which has been a slow-moving car wreck for decades. In 2014, Credit Suisse pleaded guilty to federal charges that it illegally allowed some U.S. clients to evade their taxes. Credit Suisse acted as an underwriter when the company went public on the Nasdaq in 2019.

☆ China’s U.S. audit capitulation is rare win-win
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Pete Sweeney | Thomson Reuters | Asia Economics Editor Pete Sweeney Joined Reuters Breakingviews In Hong Kong In September Previously He Served As Reuters' Chief Correspondent For China Economy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NISEKO, Japan, Dec 16 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The history of Sino-American diplomatic relations is not replete with unequivocal U.S. negotiating victories. State-owned giants including oil refiner Sinopec (600028.SS) voluntarily decamped while its peer CNOOC (0883.HK) was booted off on a separate government order. Their departure helped erase over half a trillion dollars from the collective value of Chinese companies there between June and September. Scandals overseas do not help: many Chinese investors, for instance, had stakes in Luckin. For their part, Chinese regulators tightened cybersecurity reviews of companies listing abroad, alleviating the concerns of officials who suspect American intentions.

☆ Hedge-Fund Manager Who Helped Expose Luckin Coffee’s Fraud Bets on Chinese Chain’s Comeback
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Jing Yang | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

China’s Luckin Coffee chain, which emerged from bankruptcy in March, is now controlled by Beijing-based private-equity firm Centurium Capital. A hedge-fund manager who secretly wrote a scathing report in 2020 that accused Luckin Coffee Inc. of accounting fraud is now backing the Chinese chain, calling it “a miracle in China’s business history.”Snow Lake Capital, a Beijing-based hedge fund founded and run by Sean Ma , has bought a minority stake in Luckin and is betting that the formerly Nasdaq-listed company’s valuation will surge, the investor said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Monday.

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