Description: China has been investing heavily in European debt and opening its markets to retailers in order to diversify its risk.

Source: CNNMoney.com – video report

Date: May 24, 2012

Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/05/24/n-china-europe-worries.cnnmoney/

Questions for Discussions:

• Why is Hugo Boss opening more stores in China?
• Does this strategy make good sense to you?
• What does this say about management’s view of Chinese consumers and the Chinese economy?
• Why is China’s purchase of Euro-debt important to this story?