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Deep Dive | October 8, 2019 Premium

Private Label To Drive Disruption in CPG

Private labels are a serious challenge for CPG brands, taking a considerable share of the market. Retailers have an advantage in capturing consumer insights to develop private label products. Compared to traditional brands, private labels carry lower cost for advertising, marketing and slotting fees.

Insight Report | October 1, 2019 Premium

Insights from China: The Billion-Dollar Beauty Brand You May Never Have Heard Of

Online beauty company Perfect Diary is breaking records in China as the first brand to reach ¥100 million in one-day sales on Tmall. They use a creative product development and social media strategy strategy to target Gen Zers and drive consumer engagement.

Flash Report | September 18, 2019

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China’s Mid-Autumn Festival Holiday Sees Steady Growth in Consumer Spending

Spending during this year’s Mid-autumn Festival suggests Chinese consumer spending remains buoyant. Spending on travel, cultural events and cinemas saw solid, and in some cases very strong, growth during the holiday.

Insight Report | September 3, 2019 Premium

Insights from China: China Unveils Plans to Make Shenzhen A Model City with Further Economic and Investment Reforms

Beijing’s new development plan gives Shenzhen an even more favorable position, setting it up for continued growth at the heart of the Greater Bay Area.

Insight Report | August 20, 2019 Premium

Insights from China: The Booming Bubble Tea Market in China

China’s booming bubble tea market has experienced a high CAGR of 20% between 2014 and 2018, according to Qianzhan. Innovations in bubble tea recipes, modern tea houses serving as hang-out venues for consumers as well as viral marketing are factors that attribute to demand.

Deep Dive | August 9, 2019 Premium

E-Commerce Opportunities in Southeast Asia: Market Entry 101

In this report, we outline the scale and potential of retail and e-commerce in Southeast Asia. We discuss the opportunities in e-commerce platforms that brands can leverage, and the strategies brands can adopt to enter the e-commerce market in Southeast Asia.

Insight Report | August 6, 2019 Premium

Insights from China: The Booming E-Cigarette Market in China

Domestic and foreign e-cigarette players are eying expansion in the China market, with e-cigarettes being promoted as safer alternatives to traditional cigarettes. In fact, the stated intended use (by many of the companies) is to provide a safer alternative for smokers to stop using tobacco.

Insight Report | July 30, 2019 Premium

New Retail Briefing: Tmall Launches Offline Experiential Center to Connect Brands to Consumers

Alibaba’s flash sale and group buying platform Juhusuan introduced an updated version of Jutudi, an initiative to offer fresh farm produce at a lower price. Tmall launched an experiential center to invite brands to connect with customers offline.

Insight Report | July 23, 2019 Premium

Insights from China: Alibaba’s Freshippo Launches New Breakfast Pick-Up Store

Alibaba’s supermarket chain Freshippo’s introduction of Pick’n Go leverages China’s growing away-from-home-breakfast market, expected to be worth ¥840 billion (around $126 billion) by 2021. The new store format is also part of Freshippo’s effort to diversify its revenue streams.

Deep Dive | July 22, 2019 Premium

2019 China E-Commerce Trends Midyear Update

Several major trends have solidified in the first half of 2019. The new e-commerce law has driven customers to buy though official, regulated channels, putting daigou on a downward trajectory.

Company Earnings Update | July 18, 2019

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eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) 2Q19 Results: Continued Revenue Growth, Beats Consensus

eBay reported net revenue of $2.69 billion in 2Q19, up 1.8% year over year and beating the consensus estimate of $2.68 billion. The number of active global buyers increased 4% year over year to a total of 182 million.

Insight Report | July 17, 2019 Premium

Supply Chain Briefing: Seven Ways Machine Learning Improves Efficiency

Machine learning generates insights from data to help retailers make better decisions and predictions and improve operations including inventory management and last-mile delivery.

Insight Report | July 9, 2019 Premium

Insights from China: Japanese Department Store Takashimaya to Retreat From China Market

Takashimaya will exit China after its seven years of loss making, partly due to the store location which was not positioned as a luxury spot, as well as stiff competition from other department store players, some of which chose to collaborate with Internet companies to implement digital transformation and improve traffic.

Insight Report | June 25, 2019 Premium

Insights from China: How Brands Can Use Video App TikTok

Short video platform TikTok and its Chinese version Douyin have launched creative features that can help to engage users, such as challenges and duets. Brands can leverage the app to create entertaining and engaging videos to promote their products.

Insight Report | June 20, 2019 Premium

China’s Midyear 6.18 Shopping Festival Wrap-Up: Lower-Tier Cities and Group Buying Become the Winning Formula

In this year’s 6.18 shopping festival, e-commerce platforms such as JD.com, Tmall and Pinduoduo reported record sales, backed by growing popularity of group buying and increasing buying power in tier 3 and below cities.