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Marie Dalgar: a Chinese cosmetic brand gaining international momentum

Marie Dalgar: Chinese cosmetics brand

Masa Cui (崔晓红), an engineer for a lighting factory in Foshan, Guangdong Province, grew tired of her boring working environment. So, she brought color to her work life by founding her makeup brand Marie Dalgar, which is now rising quickly to be one of the top domestic Chinese cosmetics brands. History of Marie Dalgar In […]

Prepare for the burst of C2M (consumer to manufacturer) in China: Pinduoduo, JD.com, Biyao

C2M Marketing in China

What is the consumer-to-manufacturer  (C2M) model? The founder of the Chinese e-commerce site Biyao, Bi Sheng was first to propose the C2M model in China. The C2M model is when consumers connect directly to manufacturers to purchase a product. In the C2M model, consumers place orders directly through the platform, and the factory receives consumers’ personalized […]

The complete guide to Clothes Distribution in China

clothes distribution in China

Clothes distribution in China is shifting from offline to online. Online platforms are increasingly sophisticated, and brands must evaluate which platforms have the highest return on investment. Luxury, fast fashion, foreign and domestic brands all have unique needs which can be met by different distribution channels. Despite consumers turning more to online channels, offline channels […]

The rise of the Stay-at-home Economy in China | How COVID-19 boosted indoor consumption

The stay-at-home economy in China

The Stay-at-home Economy in China is a series of consumption and commercial activities carried out by people at home, such as online shopping, entertainment, work, education and fitness. Stay-at-home Economy includes almost all aspects of daily life: online shopping, online entertainment, social media, delivery services, online education, online fitness training, telemedicine, and remote work. Download […]

Daxue Talks 65: Transformation of e-commerce and online/offline shopping in China

shopping in China

E-commerce and shopping in China In this episode of Daxue Talks, Miro Li, an expert in marketing foreign brands on niche Chinese platforms, talks about how the world pandemic has affected the e-commerce industry and online shopping in China. Jump to the questions: 0:38: What platforms have benefitted from the outbreak? 1:47: How has the […]

Daxue Talks 62: Brands’ behavior on Xiaohongshu during the Coronavirus

xiaohongshu marketing

In this episode of Daxue Talks, Miro Li, an expert in marketing foreign brands on niche Chinese platforms, continues to share how brands are changing their behavior on the Chinese lifestyle sharing platform Xiaohongshu (Red) in the face of the COVID-19 outbreak. Jump to the questions: 0:38: Can you provide interest cases of how brands […]

Key Growth Engines of Internet retail in China

Internet retail in China

Internet retail in China has experienced exponential growth, with a current value CAGR of 58.58% from 2010 to 2019; the highest among all channels in retailing in the country. Internet retailing attracts a large consumer base in China, especially the digital-savvy young and middle-aged consumers, with the penetration rate of over 70% in 1st tier […]

COVID-19 impact on Chinese consumption

COVID-19 impact on Chinese consumer behavior

COVID-19 impact on Chinese consumption had unique outcomes in every industry. For example, mobile games and short-video markets experienced tremendous growth, while restaurants and services struggled to make ends meet. What Chinese people did at home during the epidemic The main lock-downs of the Coronavirus epidemic in China lasted over two months. However, as China’s […]