After Wechat 5.0 was launched, the Wechat public account is now separated to the subscription account and the service account. Service account can only send a message in a month, many people may ask, how to operate Wechat service account? Wechat service account was almost deprived of group sending function, which was really a big loss. […]
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Top Chinese liquor brand Moutai starts selling ice cream
Selling ice cream in Maotai is not a fad, but a long plan. Maotai has initially launched three flavors of ice cream: original, vanilla, and tiramisu, selling at 39 yuan (US$5.8). According to its official disclosure, the R&D team is still experimenting with other Maotai ice cream of various flavors. In the future, Maotai will […]
Chinese Generation Z’s Media Consumption Habits
Music, video, and gaming are the primary types of media consuming Chinese Gen Zer’s attention. More and more new media types are emerging to attract Generation Z’s attention. In terms of engagement, Music (59%), Video (short-form 58%, long-form 55%), and gaming (53%) are Generation Z’s top choices in China. In terms of usage time, Chinese […]
Chinese Gen-Zs’ attention insights 2021
Attention is a scarce resource in today’s world. It has unique distribution patterns and characteristics. Only with proper methods, can brands capture, develop and manage it. Chinese Gen-Z Attention Distribution Time Chinese Generation Z’s attention is widely allocated across different time periods. If we look at a 24-hour calendar day, Gen-Zs generally spend a significant […]
China social e-commerce market insights
Social e-commerce accounted for 34.37% of total e-commerce transactions in 2020 according to a survey conducted by the Internet Society of China. For social e-commerce merchants, the top sources for users are WeChat Groups and WeChat Moments. Tmall accounted for about one-third of the surveyed brand merchants’ e-commerce sales in 2020. JD and Pinduoduo are […]
Gen-Z Insights: capturing attention of China’s post-95s consumers
Attention is the first impetus for people to start thinking and take part in the action. It has become a scarce resource in the prosperity of the Internet. Today’s young people’s daily cross-screen multithreading behavior has intensified the dispersion and switching of resources. When is their attention most active? What do they focus on? What […]
Rising consumption power of China’s small town youth, part 3
Like all parents in the world, new small-town youths who have become parents always want to provide the best for their children. When they make the purchase for their children, they pay more attention to quality, safety, and children’s preferences; and, they are much less price-sensitive. Read Part 1 here, or Part 2 here. Or, […]
2019: China Internet Year in Review & top CIW articles
In 2019, mobile continues to lead China internet. The top mobile apps in China by total MAUs are still led by WeChat, Alipay, QQ, Taobao, iQiyi, and Tencent Video while TikTok continues fast growth and ranks the 7th. Tencent has the highest internet user penetration of 97.3% in China in September 2019, followed by Alibaba, […]
How Xiaohongshu successfully pivoted its growth and product strategies
Xiaohongshu’s original product form in mid-2013 was “US Shopping Guide”, which was in PDF format. Xiaohongshu entered the market from the angle of overseas shopping and successfully captured a group of urban young women who are pursuing an exquisite lifestyle. Alternatively, you can read the eBook: Xiaohongshu Growth & Product Strategies All the good products […]
Kuaishou live broadcast DAU exceeded 100 million in 2019
Kuaishou, also known as Kwai, announced last week its daily active live broadcasting users exceeded 100 million. 56% of Kuaishou anchors are post-90s.
How Chinese companies utilize private traffic for customer acquisition and retention
Private traffic is a trending term among Chinese marketers in recent years. It refers to users that can be reached freely and communicated with repeatedly. They are “repeat customers.” As businesses expect, building one’s own pond and catching the fish would be lower in cost and easier, as compared with paid channels. A beautiful girl […]
KFC & Ting Hsin’s attempts in membership e-commerce in China
At the KFC V Mall, an order was placed with excitement. The price was pretty good! It’s 10 yuan lower with a 20 yuan coupon and 999 credit points than Taobao’s Juhuasuan. What’ so special about KFC V Mall? In the KFC V Mall, there are quite a few categories – household and kitchen, fresh […]
3 popular models of social e-commerce in China
Social e-commerce is a segment that involves utilizing communication channels such as social networking websites, SNS, WeChat, Weibo, social media as well as the social interaction, user-generated content and other measures to facilitate the purchase and sales of products. Social networking elements as “like”, sharing, connection, discussion, interaction, and others are applied to the process […]
Tencent Live integrates live streaming with e-commerce mini programs
Though still in testing phase Tencent Live integrates live streaming with its mini program. Brands can embed HTML5 based product on its mini program as an entry to its live streaming. Followers and fans can click to open Tencent Live to watch live streaming.