In 2022, 42.9% of advertisers in China expect to increase spending in digital marketing, 25 percentage points more than advertisers expect to reduce spending, according to CTR. China advertising market vs online ad market Advertisers of large enterprises with a budget of 500 million yuan or more are more confident in digital marketing spending. In […]
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The secret behind the success of L’ORÉAL’s TikTok Super Brand Day
With China’s increasing domestic consumption demand, new domestic makeup brands are emerging and are introducing new product lines at a rapid pace, hoping to capture more market share vis-à-vis multinational brands. At the same time, the Generation Z consumer base is growing, driving the concept of Fashion Makeup to evolve. Under these changing market conditions, […]
Chinese beauty products manufacturers: from OEM, ODM to OBM
Chinese consumers’ dressing table is no longer just the world of international brands, domestic beauty brands have begun to occupy the hearts of consumers. Similar to the popularity of “Korean makeup” and “Japanese makeup” a few years ago, the competitiveness of “domestic beauty” is soaring. In addition to the old brands of domestic products, even […]
The rise of men in China’s “she-conomy”
Today, in some areas of consumption in China that were originally only for women, men’s consumption has also begun to emerge. According to the data of a white paper from So Young, the number of male medical cosmetology consumers in China has increased by 52.30% in 2019, which is lower than the 70% growth rate […]
Short video market trends in China for 2020 (updated)
Internet traffic driven by short videos has become the new battlefield for many players in China. Content marketing enabled by short videos and live streaming has become an integral part of brand marketing, communication, sales, and operation strategies. Take a look at China’s short-video market status and be aware of differences between the top 2 […]
Chinese influencer platforms: Weibo, Douyin, Kuaishou, Xiaohongshu
Each of the biggest influencer community platforms, including Weibo, Douyin (TikTok’s Chinese version), Kuaishou (Kwai’s Chinese version), and Xiaohongshu, has its own characteristics and features, which also come from the differences in terms of KOL follower bases. Top 10,000 KOLs by Total Followers Weibo: after years of operation and user retention, all of the Top […]
Meet China’s Generation Z
China has the largest group of Generation Z (Gen Z) in the world with a population of 149 million. Gen Z is between 15 and 23-year-old and will account for 40% of consumption power in 2020. Their average time spend on mobile internet is 4.7 hours per day. And, they like Zhihu, Tantan, Xiaohongshu more […]
Tmall a crucial platform for beauty brands’ success in China
China’s mass local brands are gaining shelf share of Alibaba’s Tmall platform while the visibility for western brands is increasingly challenging. Chinese color cosmetic brands now account for 55% of top 10 default search results and 65% of sales-sorted search results, up 14% and 11% YoY respectively, according to a Gartner report. The report shows […]
Taobao Live’s Stunning Growth in 2020
Taobao recently announced plans to host live streaming sessions from 300,000 merchants per day in 2020. Wholesalers and manufacturers in factory cluster areas, such as Yiwu in Zhejiang Province, will be the target. Top Taobao Live anchors: Li Jiaqi and Viya Launched in 2016, the live streaming channel Taobao Live expects to help incubate 200,000 […]
Megvii to empower cosmetics retailers with virtual makeup solutions
Kuangshi Technologies, or Megvii as China’s largest facial recognition developer, released FaceStyle beauty cloud solution to empower the beauty industry with AI technologies such as face recognition and human image processing. Through the online makeup trial SDK/API and offline makeup trial app solutions for brick-and-mortar stores, consumers can easily and virtually try out the makeup […]
Chinese consumers expanding the number of countries from which they buy
In the third quarter of 2019, China’s GDP growth rate dipped to 6.0%. But amid the slowing economy, China’s consumers still have a growing appetite for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG). In the first three quarters of 2019, total FMCG sales roles by 2.7%, 6.9%, and 5.7%, maintaining the same pace as 2018. In the first […]
Characteristics of China outbound travelers in 4 segments
Four segments of China’s outbound travelers are worth noting: high-income group, the backpackers, generation Z, and female outbound travelers. High-income Group: Experience Focused This segment of outbound travelers is mostly male (69%), married, and backbones in their companies. Post-80s accounted for 55%. Married users account for 84.1%; 75.3% have children according to data from iResearch. […]
Tmall Hey Box: Alibaba’s best seller incubator for top brands
Launched in 2017, Hey Box of Alibaba’s Tmall is designed specifically to provide new product release marketing solutions to brands. 50 million new products were released on the Tmall platform in 2018. Over 1.3 million new products from over 500 brands recommended by Tmall Hey Box to targeted consumers were eventually purchased, with a total […]
4 pillars to unlock post-90s growth potential
Post-90s generation consumers are the core growth driver for the personal care market in China. In China, demographic cohorts were often defined by decades in which the segment was born. Post-90s generation refers to those who were born in the 1990s. They were once considered as “emerging consumers”. But now in 2019, they are in […]
Sales & insights of China’s mid-year shopping festival (618) 2019
Taobao 618 Livestream 618, usually from mid-May to 18 June, is China’s largest mid-year shopping festival. This year’s Tmall 618, there were hundreds of domestic and foreign brands whose sales exceeded last year’s Double 11, with the highest growth rate exceeding 40 times. Taobao/Tmall 618 Performance With over 200,000 brands taking part. Innovative marketing campaigns […]