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台湾葡萄王结合电视购物、网购、社交商务推进中国保健食品销售

台湾保健食品公司葡萄王计划采用不同的销售渠道深耕中国市场，公司近期就透过电视购物，在中国售卖最畅销的樟芝保健食品。

Channel hopping: Taiwan’s GKB explores TV shopping, online and social commerce for health foods sale in China

Taiwanese health supplement firm Grape King Bio (GKB) is exploring different channels for selling of its branded health foods in China, with its best-selling mushroom supplements recently being promoted via TV shopping.

中国益生菌研究分析：现有研究被指 “重基础、轻应用”

中国一家数一数二的食品研究学会表示，中国在益生菌展开的研究多数属于 “重基础、轻应用”。

China probiotics research results: Studies largely ‘foundational’ and lacking technical insights

There is a lot of foundational research on probiotics in China, but few studies on their technical application, a leading Chinese academic institute has ruled as the sector continues to boom in the country.

免疫产品和中国市场带动Swisse母公司健合集团上半年增长，澳新销售收入则下跌三分之一

Swisse和Biostime 母公司健合集团表示，公司今年上半年的净利润比去年同期高出8.9%。在中国，消费者对于增强免疫系统的保健食品需求居高不下。不过，澳大利亚和新西兰的销售收入则比去年同期少了三分之一。

Immunity products and China sales a major boost for Swisse-owner H&H as ANZ revenue plunges by a third

Swisse and Biostime owner Health and Happiness (H&H) Group saw demand for immunity products surge, especially in China, as it announced an 8.9% increase in net profit in the first half of this year, despite seeing revenues in Australia and New Zealand...

澳佳宝盈利暴跌66%，料裁退澳洲新西兰10% 员工，把重心转向亚洲

澳佳宝表示，目前的首要任务是进一步发展高增速的亚洲市场，为此，公司将从澳大利亚及新西兰调派人手到具战略性的亚洲市场，包括中国和东南亚。

Blackmores 66% profits plunge: Firm refocuses to boost hires in Asia amid 10% jobs cut in ANZ

Blackmores’ top priority now is to tap into strong growth in Asia by shifting some manpower resources from Australia to strategic markets such as China and South East Asia, the company said as it announced a 66.1% drop in net profit on Tuesday (August...