Golden Week’s Strong Sales Signal Economic Recovery in China - What This Means for North American Brands
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the world into a recession, but the good news is that golden Week sales data has shown that China’s economy has bounced back in a V-shaped recovery. The growth has been greatly driven by tourism, food and beverages, and even hotel stays during the holiday; here are some key numbers that point to a strong and optimistic recovery in the China market.
Mid-Autumn Festival Social Media Campaigns in the China Market
Celebrating harvest and family reunion during the autumn full moon, Mid-Autumn Festival is the second largest festival in most of Asian countries. This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival might be a little special due to the pandemic; however, that did not stop all the international brands from leveraging the celebration to launch their social campaign on WEIBO, WeChat or RED for brand awareness in the China market. Here let us take a look at the intriguing campaigns celebrating the Moon Festival in 2020.
What Retailers Need to Know About Chinese Consumers' Digital Consumption Behaviour Before Entering the China Market
In North America, the goal is always to get customers to visit a website or a landing page to purchase a product. In China, the opposite is true, where brands set up official brand stores on multiple eCommerce platforms.
WeChat News 2020 – WeChat is Beta Testing Personal WeChat Account Verification
WeChat is testing a new beta function to personal users, and now select users who have been selected as part of the beta testing process see an option to verify their personal WeChat Accounts.
Qixi Festival boosts retail sales rebound in China
The Chinese celebrate Valentine’s Day on 3 different dates.
There is the February 14th Valentine’s Day, ‘520’ (May 20th) which phonetically sounds like ‘I Love You’ in Chinese, and the Qixi Festival,…
How the WeChat Ban will Impact Personal and Business Users
Everyone is asking - will WeChat really be banned in the US? How will this impact WeChat users?
3 Ways to Grow Your Oasis by Weibo Following Organically
Have you heard of the Oasis social network platform by Weibo? If you haven’t, you will want to read our previous post announcing its arrival a few months back.
3 Ways to Grow Your WeChat Official Account
This is our most-asked question of ALL-TIME. Why? Because every business wants to have a presence on WeChat, and once they have jumped through all the hurdles to set up a WeChat Official Account…
4 Marketing Tactics Skincare Brands Use to Sell More to Chinese Shoppers
Since the onset of the pandemic, people have been staying home more, and when they do go out, they are wearing face masks, resulting in a hard hit to the makeup and cosmetics industry…