🎙️What has Anta done wrong in PR for its Amer Sports IPO, Messi's avoidable PR scandal in Hong Kong and Tokyo

Calling the Shots X Following the Yuan podcast

Happy Year of the Dragon!

Following our recent substack collab,

Yaling Jiang

and I recorded a podcast episode unpacking Amer Sports’ (Nasdaq: AS) IPO in this piece here.

In the podcast, we also delved deeper as to what could’ve been prepared from the corporate PR side, and whether the China shedding strategy works.

Listen to our conversation that includes:

• Factors affecting Amer Sports IPO

• Changing narratives in Chinese IPOs in the U.S.

• The China shedding strategy for overseas-based China companies, does it work?

• Messi’s controversial matches in Hong Kong and

  Tokyo

• Good VS bad statements from Hong Kong official Kenneth Fok

• Our takes on the Messi mess

You can stream this full episode on Spotify ⚽.