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Economy > Business > Companies Stats: compare key data on China & United Kingdom

Definitions

  • Corporate governance (overall rating): Overall rating of each country's adherence to the corporate governance guidelines set forth in three prominent economical essays. The ratings are out of 10, with 10 meaning full adherence.
  • Specific companies > Apple Store first opening: First opening of Apple Stores.
  • Specific companies > Apple Stores: Countries compared by number of Apple stores located at its territory. The Apple campus, located in Cupertino (California) hosts not only the company headquartes, but the original Employee Store (now named Apple Company Store), which is the only place in the world where legitimate merchandise with the Apple logo (such as t-shirts, hats and the like) can be purchased. Another special case is China, that currently hosts 10 official Apple stores, but also numerous fake ones. These imitations try to mimic the look and feel of the orginal stores, with varying degrees of success. Other countries are known to host unauthorized stores too.
  • Specific companies > Carrefour > First store: Year in which Carrefour first entered each country.
  • Specific companies > IKEA > Debut: The year in which the first IKEA opened in each country. The first IKEA opened in Sweden in 1958.
  • Specific companies > IKEA > No. of stores: The number of IKEA outlets in each country.
STAT China United Kingdom HISTORY
Corporate governance (overall rating) 3.37
Ranked 34th.
7.6
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than China
Specific companies > Apple Store first opening July 19, 2008 November 20, 2004
Specific companies > Apple Stores 10
Ranked 9th.
37
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than China
Specific companies > Carrefour > First store 1,995
Ranked 20th. 1% more than United Kingdom
1,972
Ranked 16th.
Specific companies > IKEA > Debut 1,998
Ranked 20th. 1% more than United Kingdom
1,987
Ranked 30th.

Specific companies > IKEA > No. of stores 15
Ranked 6th.
18
Ranked 4th. 20% more than China

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