China Fashion Trends 2019 | Daxue Consulting
Taobao Official Report English Translation On 18th March 2019, China’s biggest e-commerce platform Taobao released a video report on Weibo: China Fashion Trend Report 2019. The headline of this 40-second short video report claims: Chinese women will be manlier than men in 10 years. The hashtag on Weibo – #Chinese women more masculine than men […]
Leftover Men: Loneliness, bachelor villages, and China’s massive gender gap | Daxue Consulting
In an age where women are less focused on getting married, men are more desperate for marriage than ever. Following up on our article on leftover women in China, the leftover men in China have earned their name under a much different context. China has one of the worst population gender gaps in the world […]
New retail in China: Redesigning the consumer journey
Retail is now at a crossroad. Driven by digitalization, the development of the omnichannel and new customer requirements, trade, and retail have undergone profound changes in recent years. In China, Alibaba has taken the leadership of this revolution by unveiling its new retail project in a 2017 letter to shareholders: New Retail. In this article, […]
Advertising trends in China: How do brands occupy metro space? | Daxue Consulting
Metro systems worldwide are beset by advertisements, and China is an exception, with some of the largest metro systems in the world. Daxue Consulting deciphered the strategy to advertise in the Chinese metro, including positioning, targeting, advantages, innovations, everything you need to know! Tips for one of the most active advertising methods in China: Metro […]
What companies must know about China’s FinTech scene | Daxue Consulting
FinTech is short for “financial technology” and refers to the application of technology within the financial services industry. This advanced and innovative combination unveils a remarkable breakthrough in modern technology. FinTech currently serves as the critical foundation to build differentiated customer experiences via personalization, quick response, relevance, and seamless delivery. There are two types of FinTech […]
Biotechnology and the Genetics Industry — pushing forward Chinese technology for good or evil? | Daxue Consuling
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/62-starting-brand-agency-in-china-attracting-f-b-sme/id1450916630?i=1000444644059 Biotechnology and the genetics industry in China. Last year, a Chinese researcher, Jiankui He, was reported to presumptuously conducted a genetic modification experiment on two children of HIV infected parents. This experiment (CRISPR Cas-9 targeting/editing of HIV-related genes) received a wide range of attention not only from scientists but also the general public. Even […]
SK-II’s Viral Chinese Campaigns: Contributing to the (exhausted) conversation of “Leftover Women” | Daxue Consulting
In the weeks following Chinese New Year, SK-II premiered the latest video in their #changedestiny campaign, titled Meet Me Halfway. Following Marriage Market Takeover (2016) and The Expiry Date (2017), the latest installment continues the narrative of “leftover women” as three Chinese young single women working in cities far from home ask their parents to […]
Where do Chinese tourists travel, eat and stay while in Eastern Europe? | Daxue Consulting
Chinese tourists travel to Eastern Europe. 1. In 2016, the growth rate of Chinese travel to Eastern Europe had increased by 226%. Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia have the highest increase in tourism. After the Chinese government announced the “Belt and Road Initiative”, countries in the path of the prospective belt road had […]
An exemplary cross-industry collaboration example in China: What do lipstick and China’s most popular mobile game have in common? | Daxue Consulting
M.A.C successfully collaborated with China’s biggest mobile game to boost brand awareness Cross-industry collaboration in China. Last month, the Canadian cosmetics brand M.A.C and the most popular Chinese mobile game Honor of Kings released five co-branded lipsticks, featuring the lip colors of 5 well-known game characters. This cross-industry collaboration has become a huge success and […]
Where do Chinese tourists travel, eat and stay while in South-West Europe? | Daxue Consulting
Chinese tourists in South-West Europe. The implementation of Belt and Road Initiative has enhanced Chinese tourists’ understanding of Europe. The increase in new routes and charter flights has enabled Chinese consumers in second- and third-tier cities travel to Europe. Local terrorist attacks didn’t influence the Chinese people’s wishes of traveling, and we can see the […]
How Peppa Pig went from banned to viral right before the year of a pig | Daxue Consulting
Peppa Pig is a popular cartoon series from the UK, which has been screening in China since late 2015. Recently, a 5-minute video titled “What is Peppa” (啥是佩奇，Sha Shi Peiqi?, Peiqi is the Chinese translation for Peppa) caused a huge response among Chinese netizens. This video has received an enormous number of views and the […]
The Red Packets advent in anticipation of the upcoming 2019 Spring Festival | Daxue Consulting
“Not only Hongbao (红包, which means “red packets” are the red envelopes with money inside) should be present in the money transactions scenario, it’s also supposed to facilitate emotion expression and interesting interaction,” stated by Zhang Xiaolong, credited as “Father of WeChat”.,senior executive vice president and president of WeChat Group during the 2019 Wechat Open […]