date:Dec 24, 2013
s of their exposure in China and the strategic importance that they have attached to China. Three out of five - WalMart, McDonald's, Starbucks, Yum! and The Gap - are restaurant companies.
Helena Song, New York-based director of Standard Poor's corporate and government ratings, said US retailers that expand into China tend to be the largest players in their category. Song, referring to the five sample companies in their study, noted that these companies have already penetrated the domestic US