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Strategies & Market Trends : China Warehouse- More Than Crockery -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RealMuLan who wrote (2317)	12/31/2003 3:28:49 PM
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Blenz Coffee's tall order: Taking on Starbucks in China By GEOFFREY YORK Wednesday, December 31, 2003 - Page B1 E-mail this Article Print this Article Advertisement Closing Markets Tuesday, Dec. 30 S&P/TSX -46.79 8213.75 DJIA -24.96 10425.04 S&P500 .16 1109.64 Nasdaq 3.4 2009.88 Venture 11.3 1738.18 DJUK .59 185.09 Nikkei 176.02 10676.64 HSeng 62.45 12526.74 DJ Net -.5 69.49 Gold (NY) +1.80 417.20 Oil (NY) +0.43 32.79 CRB Index +0.18 255.77 30 yr Can. +0.01 5.19 30 yr U.S. +0.05 5.09 CDN$ buys US$ +0.0042 0.7673 Yen +0.5000 82.0900 Euro +0.0015 0.6127 US$ buys CDN$ -0.0071 1.3033 Yen +0.0800 106.9900 Euro -0.0024 0.7986 Columnists Rob Carrick Personal Finance Mathew Ingram Bruce Little Janet McFarland Across the Board Brian Milner Taking Stock Eric Reguly To The Point Derek DeCloet Vox Andrew Willis Streetwise Deborah Yedlin Alberta View Business Travel Flight status Restaurant guide Advisories & Visas Globetrotter BEIJING -- With a whiff of tobacco smoke and a sly hint of anti-Americanism, the upstart Blenz Coffee chain from Vancouver is mounting a brazen challenge to the mighty Starbucks empire in China. Seattle-based Starbucks Corp. has dominated the Chinese market for five years, establishing more than 80 outlets in mainland China after becoming the first Western-brand coffee chain to establish a strong presence here in early 1999. globeandmail.com