Awakening the dragon of rural consumption in China: How to tap into this Blue Ocean consumer base
The incredible popularity of Chinese short-video star Liziqi, who has 13.7 million subscribers on Youtube and 34 million on Douyin, has drawn the world’s attention to rural China. Viewers see the countryside in China as a fairyland, while Xinhuanet, China’s official press agency, described the rural market in China as a “gold mine” of consumption […]
Double 12 2020: Winners and a dying trend?
Behind Double 11 and 618, Double 12 is the third largest shopping festival in China. Taobao started the first Double 12 on December 12, 2012, with the purpose to promote small and medium C2C and O2O Taobao sellers. Like all of China’s online promotion festivals, Double 12 now includes most Chinese e-commerce platforms, such as […]
China Paradigm Transcript #110: How an entrepreneur modified his product to create a successful platform enabling Western brands to optimize e-commerce performance in China
Find here China Paradigm episode 110. Josh Gardner is an entrepreneur with a background in Academic anthropology, logistics, and e-commerce. Since 2014 he has been running Kung Fu Data in China, which helps international brands to optimize e-commerce performance in China. Although business is going well now, things didn’t start way and Josh not making any […]
Double 11 marketing strategies: Competing in the world’s largest shopping event
Double 11, also known as Singles’ Day, is the largest e-commerce day in China. It started as an annual discount event that only happened on Tmall, but now it has become a national shopping festival through all Chinese e-commerce platforms. Each year, we see an evolution of Double 11 marketing strategies from brands. In 2020, […]
KOC marketing in China often gets more bang for the buck than KOL marketing
KOC marketing in China is gaining popularity due to the rise of big data platforms and new demands from young consumers. Chinese KOCs (Key Opinion Consumers), are regular consumers who love to share their true product reviews on popular social media. Although most KOCs don’t have a large fan base, they are the key for […]
China’s golden week 2020 reveals new economic trends
According to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, during China’s golden week, which this year was a combined National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival, the retail and restaurant industry reached 1.6 trillion RMB in sales. Compared to the last year’s golden week, the average daily sales grew 4.9%, despite the global impact of COVID-19. Since the COVID-19 […]
Nudge marketing in China is omnipresent yet rarely discussed
To nudge is to “touch or push (something) gently or gradually” or “coax or gently encourage (someone) to do something.” This small action seems insignificant among the large and obvious marketing initiatives, like co-branding, KOL marketing, and live-streaming, which are commonly employed in the competitive Chinese market. However, nudge marketing in China plays a vital […]
Beijing’s Economy: What to understand about growth in the capital city
What foreign companies need to know about the economy of Beijing As the capital city of the most populous nation on Earth, Beijing plays an important role in China’s economy. With a consumer base of more than 20 million, Beijing has become more and more important for foreign companies in many industries. For anyone looking […]
Daxue Talks transcript #65: How is the e-commerce industry in China changing during COVID-19?
The changing e-commerce industry in China during COVID-19 Find here Daxue Talks episode 65. In this interview, Miro Li tells us how the world pandemic has affected the e-commerce industry and online shopping in China. Find transcript below: What platforms have benefited from the outbreak? First is the online course apps because students have to […]
Daxue Talks 65: Transformation of e-commerce and online/offline 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 63: The evolving user experience on Bilibili during COVID-19 in China
Evolving user experience on Bilibili covid-19 in China In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, many online users have been changing their behavior on the video-sharing website Bilibili. And how are brands targeting their Gen Z consumers on the platform? Miro Li, founder of CHINable Academy and Double V Consulting, provides her insights. Jump to the […]
Daxue Talks 62: Brands’ behavior on Xiaohongshu during the Coronavirus
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 […]