Foreign companies bet on China's consumers
Diverging experience between sectors seen as economic slowdown hurts manufacturing
London
COFFEE shops, burger bars and clothes stores are among the foreign businesses in China that say they are thriving despite the economic slowdown that is hurting the manufacturing sector.
A Reuters examination of comments or recent statements from 34 large publicly-traded foreign companies that updated investors on their China operations shows a diverging experience between sectors.
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