Working with travel and tourism Key Opinion Leaders (KOL) isn't a new marketing strategy for travel brands in China. But how brands use KOLs that frequently travel for work, business or leisure is a relatively new question. Parklu asked four travel and hospitality industry experts on how they’re seeking an...
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We’ve prepared a list of consumer trends for those who are or plan to sell products in China. This article is the third and final edition of AgencyChina’s Predictions Mini-Series, which also covers travel and platforms. Source: bizjournals Before we dive in to this particular topic, let’s quickly revisit how...
China’s ecommerce (cross-border & domestic) market continues to see high double-digit growth year on year. A recent publication from the Chinese government mentioned that between January and October 2018 retail imports of cross-border ecommerce reached 67.2 billion yuan in China, up 53.7% year-on-year. Additionally, data provided by the Ministry of...
Acquiring users for a new APP is hard in any market but especially in China. Big players, such as Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu compete for large market shares. And in order to compete, companies need to come up with some good and new ideas. An interesting strategy used by the...
After the repercussions of the latest Dolce & Gabbana campaign last month, some comments have been raised about the increasingly challenging environment of the Chinese market. However, for some Western brands China’s new generations are not so hard to please, which is reflected in great campaigns that did have positive...
Short video apps, such as China’s Douyin, have become an important marketing tool targeting the short attention spans of Gen-Z consumers. Douyin seems to be one of the most conducive for comments and engagement among the Chinese social media platforms. Beijing-based key opinion leader (KOL) Antoine Bunel suggest that brands should...
Chinese outbound travelers used to look for destinations that were "WeChat-worthy", but this have been changing according to a Parklu report. Weibo is now dominating the most travel conversations followed by Little Red Book and Douyin, with WeChat ranked at the bottom. The main reason why influencers are switching to...
Every Mid-Autumn Festival, the Chinese market gets flooded with mooncakes, a kind of baked pastry that symbolizes family reunions and which is traditionally consumed as part of the celebrations. Ahead of the festival, which falls on Monday, a number of Chinese F&B companies branched out their offerings to include the...
Two home-grown coffee startups are operating as fast as they can against the giant and dominate Startbucks. “New retail” is often used to describe Luckin, where customers order and pay on their app, for both delivery and pick up. Coffee Box wins major creative points for their marketing via WeChat...
In China, the millennial and Gen-Z generations are driving consumption. And celebrities and KOLs have a big impact on that purchasing behavior. According to a survey Chinese Social Media users are more receptive to brand recommendations by celebrities than any other country (63%-78%). It is important to note that celebrities...