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Key Trends in China’s Beauty Market

On May 4, 2022, Coresight Research presented at CEW’s State of the Industry event on China’s beauty market. In this presentation, we explore key trends in the market, covering the rise of the men’s beauty sector, emerging multi-brand beauty stores and what’s driving the growth of C-beauty brands.

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Two Months to Singles’ Day: New Products

With two months to go until Singles’ Day 2021, we explore the types of new products that may debut during the shopping festival this year, as well as initiatives by Chinese e-commerce platforms to bring overseas product to the China market.

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6.18 Shopping Festival 2021 Provides a Further Boost to Retail in China

The 6.18 Shopping Festival further stimulated post-pandemic consumption in China. We outline sales performances across different e-commerce platforms during the festival and discuss three key trends that we saw during this year’s event—covering consumer interest in new products, upgraded logistics networks and e-commerce platforms’ strategies to improve the shopping experience.

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China Retail Insights: How Are Emerging Offline Beauty Retailers Winning Young Shoppers?

Beauty was one of the most resilient discretionary categories in China in 2020, and a new wave of domestic offline beauty retailers is emerging. We explore how these new brick-and-mortar beauty retailers are achieving success in the China market by enhancing the shopping experience and gaining huge exposure on social media to appeal to young Chinese consumers.

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Alibaba in the Global Retail Market: Busting Five Myths

With Alibaba generating $945 billion in GMV through its China retail marketplaces in fiscal year 2020 and pioneering “New Retail,” understanding Alibaba is essential to any company looking to sell into China. In this report, we unlock five myths related to online retail in China to provide insights into the workings of this e-commerce giant.

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