[Podcast] China paradigm #21: How to make profit in the fitness industry without establishing a gym
China Paradigm interviews Tom Xiong, founder of Move Shanghai. Move Shanghai is a platform that partners with gyms, fitness classes, and even luxury hotel swimming pools to bring the experience of fitness to Shanghai. In this podcast we learn about the business model and how Move Shanghai makes profit and collaborates with venues, why this […]
[Podcast] China paradigm #20: How to get the most out of XiaoHongShu
China Paradigm interviews Miro Li, Co-founder of Double V. Consulting, a consulting firm helping foreign enterprises master China’s ecommerce scene. This episode zeros in on XiaoHongShu, a growing ecommerce-social media app in China. Miro Li explains who uses XiaoHongShu and why they use it, how foreign brands can set up a XiaoHongShu account, and how […]
[Podcast] China paradigm #18: How to take western digital marketing success into China
China paradigm interviews Pauline Lahary, founder of myCVfactory, a company which helps clients with CV writing and editing, including downloadable templates and LinkedIn optimization. In this podcast, we learn how Pauline has made incredible SEO success on Google, how she is localizing her brand and product to China, how she applied western digital marketing success […]
[Podcast] China paradigm #17: How to best engage consumers in China
In this episode of China Paradigm, Matthieu David interviews Eliza Mao, the customer service director at SPLIO, an omnichannel marketing platform helping brands manage their loyalty programs and marketing campaigns from one platform. In this interview, Eliza shares WeChat marketing strategies, online and offline strategy for customer engagement, and explains how to carry out successful […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
International luxury brands meet Chinese Lunar New Year 2019 | Daxue Consulting
How foreign brands can leverage Chinese elements to approach the consumers For the rest of the world, it might already be a brand-new year, but not for Chinese people. The Chinese Lunar New Year is on the 5th of February in 2019. It is the most important traditional Chinese festival, which is also known as […]
No Place to Place: Chinese netizen’s react to ofo’s downfall
The reaction and reflection of Chinese people on the ofo crisis All eyes in China are now on ofo, a Beijing-based bicycle sharing company founded in 2014. The dockless system uses its smartphone app to unlock and locate nearby bicycles. In 2017, it had deployed over 10 million bicycles in 250 cities and 20 countries. […]
What international brands should know about WeChat’s latest update | Daxue Consulting
On December 21, 2018, WeChat released an update, which brought a lot of changes and new features. For those who are not familiar with it, WeChat is the most popular multifunctional messaging, social media and mobile payment app in China with over 1 billion monthly active users. It is one of the most powerful tools […]
E-pharmacy in Mainland China: the health shift online
How will major market players come together to support the E-pharmacy in China? E-pharmacy, also called “internet pharmacy” (网上药店) are online platforms that act as intermediaries or retailers to facilitate the sales of medicine, and are becoming increasingly popular across the world. China is currently facing many of the same regulatory and security challenges with […]