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Internet users in China spend about 1 billion hours online each day, more than double the daily total in the United States—and that number will grow to well over 2 billion hours a day by 2015, according to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). This report, titled China’s Digital Generations 2.0: Digital Media and Commerce Go Mainstream, offers a comprehensive study of online behavior in China based on quantitative data as well as interviews with nearly 2,000 people from 12 cities in 11 China’s provinces. It also illustrates these trends through in-depth profiles of individual consumers, allowing them to tell the story of China’s dynamic and complex market.  View full release

For at least the next decade, the future of the automotive industry lies in the BRIC countries. Together, Brazil, Russia, India, and China will account for 30 percent of world auto sales in 2014—while also offering significant opportunities for cost-effective R&D, sourcing, and manufacturing, says a new report released today by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).  View full release

China has suffered far less than other countries in the global downturn, and its luxury market offers tremendous opportunities in a recession-battered world,  according to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).  View full release

Insurers and banks in China must break away from the current industry structure and collaborate more closely if they hope to lift the country’s bancassurance industry to a higher level of performance and achieve both profitable and sustainable growth in the future, according to a White Paper released today by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the reinsurance company Swiss Re.  View full release

The crisis is transforming the global map of the world's wealthiest people, with Europe nudging out North America as the richest region, according to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The report, titled Delivering on the Client Promise: Global Wealth 2009, is being released today.  View full release

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has announced new roles for three of its senior leaders in China. Christoph Nettesheim, a senior partner in the firm's Beijing office, has been named Managing Director of BCG Greater China. He takes over the role from David Michael, another Beijing-based senior partner, who has been promoted to Global Leader of BCG's newly formalized Global Advantage (globalization) practice. John Wong, a senior partner in Hong Kong, has assumed the newly created role of  Chairman for Greater China.  View full release

Many of the 100 companies on BCG's 2009 list of global challenger companies¹ are poised to emerge from the financial crisis with an unprecedented degree of influence on their global industries, according to a new BCG White Paper, From Crisis to Opportunity: How Global Challenger Companies Are Seeking Industry Leadership in the Postcrisis World.  View full release

Improving the energy efficiency of China's buildings can help achieve both economic and environmental goals according to a new report jointly published today by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).  View full release

A massive slump in the confidence of consumers in the United States, Europe, and Japan is sparking a new type of constrained, self-conscious spending that is poised to have a transformational impact on high streets and main streets, according to a new report published today by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).  View full release

Three partners at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)—more partners than at any other firm—are among the "Top 10 Consultants" in China, according to a new survey of 270 local business executives, editors, and consulting professionals.  View full release

Wealth grew at a slower pace in North America, Europe, and Japan last year, but wealth markets in general proved resilient. Global wealth grew by 4.9 percent in 2007, to $109.5 trillion, according to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The report,titled A Wealth of Opportunities in Turbulent Times, is being released today by BCG.  View full release

Global business has entered a revolutionary new phase of competition—one that is fast replacing the globalization model, according to experts at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).  View full release

Chinese banks have been pursuing larger, more ambitious M&A deals. Many deals have involved taking stakes in foreign institutions, according to a report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The report, titled Venturing Abroad: Chinese Banks and Cross-Border M&A, is being released today.  View full release

Chinese consumers have emerged as leading users of mobile communications, instant messaging (IM), and Web 2.0 services, pushing the boundaries of digital activity in ways unimaginable just a few years ago, according to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).  View full release

Companies from rapidly developing economies (RDEs) are redefining the rules for local competition in their home markets,  thus putting the expansion plans of many global industry leaders at risk, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) warns in a new report on 50 of the most impressive companies from RDEs. The report, titled The BCG 50 Local Dynamos: How Dynamic RDE-Based Companies Are Mastering Their Home Markets-and What MNCs Need to Learn from Them, is being released today.  View full release

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