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“Why is Starbucks not as popular anymore?”: Trending hashtag on Chinese social media

Starbucks losing appeal in China

In recent years, China’s coffee market has rapidly grown, witnessing the emergence of several local brands challenging traditional Western coffee chains such as Starbucks. Luckin Coffee, in particular, founded in 2017, surpassed the number of Starbucks stores in China in 2019. The Xiamen-based coffee giant has now achieved another significant milestone — surpassing Starbucks as […]

China’s Women’s Day evolution: from empowerment to commercialization and back

Women's Day in China 2024

Since establishing International Women’s Day in China in 1949, Chinese society has made tremendous progress in gender equality in many aspects such as education, economic welfare, and social status. The recognition of Women’s Day has sparked women’s consciousness and protected many women oppressed by feudalism at that time. Today, Women’s Day inspires people to take […]

Biem.L.Fdlkk: Behind the Chinese golf brand with the wackiest name ever

Biem.L.Fdlkk the Chinese golf brand with the weirdest name

Many travelers in China have likely passed by the Biem.L.Fdlkk store at a train station or airport, wondering about the brand’s peculiar name. Today, the mystery behind the unconventional name of this Chinese golf apparel brand is finally unraveled. The crazy English name comes from the phonetic transliteration of the Chinese brand name “比音勒芬” (bi […]

Li Ning in China: leveraging national confidence to win young Chinese consumers

Li Ning is a Chinese sportswear company founded in 1990 by the Chinese “prince of gymnastics” Li Ning (李宁). In recent years, the brand has seen its sales skyrocket and its patriotic designs gain popularity, especially among new generations. The enhanced Chinese nationalism combined with the surge of the sports market following the COVID-19 pandemic […]

Made-in-China wine: Chinese winemakers are upgrading their production

China has entered into the top 10 world’s biggest wine-producing countries. The past decade has seen the planting of over 120,000 hectares of vineyards, with eight large-scale regions and more than 200 wineries emerging. Chinese wines, like Australian wines, are considered new world wines- a term used by sommeliers to describe wines which are not […]

Xiaomi X Marie Claire collaboration: Xiaomi’s plan to attract more female users

Xiaomi’s campaign targeting women

On June 11th, Xiaomi’s campaign targeting women was first released on Weibo by Marie Claire 嘉人’s official account, and gained 25,000+ reposts and 50,000+ likes. In this campaign, Xiaomi and Marie Claire invited actresses, Wu Jinyan and Zhang Huiwen, and seven industry elites to answer questions under the themes “告别过往,生生不息 An Endless Life with a […]

How to do Guochao marketing: In-depth interviews with Chinese gen Z

What is Guochao marketing “GUO CHAO” (literally “national trend”) refers to the increase consumer favoritism towards Chinese brands, designs and culture. Guochao consumers embrace Chinese cultural designs and products made in China. 75% of Chinese consumers surveyed state they like products that incorporate Guochao design elements. To learn more about Guochao marketing, we conducted in-depth […]

How Chinese brands like Uma Wang leverage Western fashion trends

western fashion trends That Chinese brands should know

This analysis on what Chinese brands should know about Western fashion trends is a part of our 7 Continents initiative where we offer our market research and strategy consulting services to Chinese brands. Learn more about our 7 Continents global strategy consulting services here. The main changes in Western fashion trends are the rapid development […]