Kantar Worldpanel China reported strong growth in the Chinese beauty market, with skincare and makeup categories increasing 13% and 17% respectively during 2018, outperforming total FMCG. 1. Most-Chosen Brands Pechoin (百雀羚), which is the only local brand that is chosen more than 100 million times, maintained its leadership position in the Chinese skincare market for […]
Alibaba to help international brands launch 1,000 Tmall stores in 2019
Alibaba expects international and domestic cosmetics brands to open 1,000 stores this year on its Tmall platform to meet demand from Chinese consumers. Seven international cosmetics companies, Tom Ford, Glamglow, P&G’s new beauty line Oriental Therapy, Cosme and d-program from Japan, Primera from Korea and Barnängen from Sweden, have signed agreements to launch flagship stores […]
Cross-border e-commerce female shoppers trend 2019
China has grown to be one of the biggest markets for fashion where female consumers are a significant force. There are over 80 thousand SKUs of cosmetics products, which makes it harder for consumers to pick up the most suitable products by themselves. In that regard, content recommendation becomes popular with Weitao (part of mobile […]
71 brands pre-sale exceeded 100 million yuan (US$14M) during Double 11
71 brands exceeded 100 million yuan (US$14.37 million) in GMV in the pre-sale period of Double 11. Among that, 15 brands came from Tmall apparel, i.e. Nike, Adidas, Puma, Lining, Converse, Anta, Fila, Skechers, New Balance, Underarmour, Uniqlo, Eifini, Only, Vero Moda, and Bosideng. The same figure was only 40 in last year’s Double 11.
How would China’s tariff cuts on imported cosmetics products affect brands?
The Chinese government announced on May 30 that it will significantly lower import tariff on many consumer goods. Among them, the average tariff rate for detergents, cosmetics such as skin care and hair care products, and some medicine and health products will be cut from 8.4% to 2.9%.
Meet Shanghai’s new consumers 2017
23-28-year-olds with independent incomes in Shanghai are increasing in both number and purchasing power, gradually realizing their potential as China’s first consumption-oriented generation according to a joint report by CBNData and BoC Shanghai Branch published in October 2017. At the same time, they make up the largest internet user demographic and have very developed mobile […]
[CASE STUDIES] How Brands like Lancome Promoted Lipstick on WeChat Moments
In 2017, Saint Laurent, Lancôme, Dior, L’Oréal, and other top-of-the-line international makeup brands arranged WeChat Moments advertising during major holidays to publicize their own lipstick products. If promoting a diamond as a symbol of love and loyalty is among the most classic examples of marketing history, then turning lipstick into the preferred symbol of love […]
[REPORT] Chinese consumer upgrades in strong demand
The young generation is taking on-demand consumption, asset-light lifestyle. Recently, the market research and consulting firm Mintel released the ‘2017 China consumer’ report. Research shows that Chinese consumers are in the lifestyle upgrade, healthier, more eager to experience a sense of leisure life, but more rational consumption. The young generation is taking on-demand consumption, asset-light […]
Amazon China sales grew by 300% on Prime Members’ Day
Amazon announced the results of China’s first Prime Day recently. Total number of orders on July 11 exceeded those on last year’s “black Friday.” Amazon China and Amazon overseas purchases and sales grew by almost 300% over last year, and the number of newly registered Prime users grew 60% over last year’s “Black Friday.”
French beauty brand L’Occitane to open its first Café in China
Recently, French beauty product retailer L’Occitane is opening the first Café in mainland China (Nanjing). As the brand competition becomes more and more fierce, skincare brands have to develop various by-businesses to attract and maintain more customers.
China online shoppers bought US$5 bn from South Korea in 2016
Cross-border online shopping of South Korea products saw fast growth in 2016 with Chinese consumers the fastest.
Over 70% China cosmetics searches online are non-brand terms
In the past 12 months, the makeup industry search queries increased by 93% y-o-y; as of March 2016, the searches on mobile devices reached 86%.
China Skincare Products Users Insights 2016
Retail sales in China’s skincare and cosmetics products market will grow at an average annual rate of 12.8% from 2016 to 2019, much higher than the global average of 6.0%, and will top RMB 287 billion (USD 44 billion) in 2019 according to Euromonitor International.
Taobao/Tmall Users vs Tmall Global Users
Tmall Global was officially launched on Feb 19 2014 by Alibaba which is designed for supplying imported goods for domestic consumers.
Chinese Women Bought US$31.39 Billion Cosmetics in 2015
Total retail sales of cosmetics reached 204.9 billion yuan (US$31.39 billion) with an increase of 8.8% in 2015. This was the first time that the total annual retail sales of cosmetics topped 200 billion yuan (US$30.64 billion) in China.