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News on Consumers & Retail in China

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Kohler and Max Mara ‘shamed’ in CCTV show
Mar 19, 2021 (WiC 532)

It’s called a gala – but for the companies cited in the annual ‘315’ consumer rights show – broadcast by state television channel CCTV on Monday – it is anything but a celebration. This year the primary theme was the protection of ...

Skin in the game

More deals from the thriving cosmetics sector
Mar 12, 2021 (WiC 531)

Washing your face is the most basic step of any skincare routine. But UK beauty brand Eve Lom has created a cult product that its devotees describe as turning face-washing into a ritual. Its bestselling balm cleanser, which costs $80 for just ...

China’s biggest tooth-brace brand is set for a listing in Hong Kong
Feb 19, 2021 (WiC 529)

Zia Chishti has no training in orthodontics. And yet he came up with a teeth-straightening idea that has sidelined methods relying on brackets and wires. Known as Invisalign, Chishti’s stroke of genius uses 3D printing and a series of clear ...

Fitness firms limber up in online workout boom
Jan 22, 2021 (WiC 525)

Peloton is one of an elite group of companies that has profited from the pandemic. Fuelled by demand from exercise buffs looking for safer alternatives to the gym, the US-based maker of spin bikes (the New York Times reports even Joe Biden has ...

Filled with fury

Locals unimpressed by McDonald’s ‘China burger’
Jan 22, 2021 (WiC 525)

Despite its reputation for standardising its menu across a limited range of its most popular choices, McDonald’s has sometimes experimented with new offerings in many of its markets around the world. Many of these new options have been ...

Fighting the flab

An introduction to the brands driving China’s ‘meal replacement’ vogue
Jan 22, 2021 (WiC 525)

To impart the impression that leafy greens packed in cute, see-through bottles could keep consumers in shape, a Chinese food start-up called Sweetie Salad hired a hundred bare-chested Greek-looking foreigners in 2017. Sporting Spartan warrior ...

Coming to a boiling point

Covid-19 and changes in the market boosts Hebei noodle giant Jinmailang
Jan 15, 2021 (WiC 524)

China’s instant noodle market, the world’s biggest, has been dominated for decades by Master Kong and Uni-President. Both are from Taiwan but that doesn’t mean that competition between them is friendly. Rivalry between the two has been ...

Detergent maker Blue Moon completes well-timed IPO in Hong Kong
Jan 8, 2021 (WiC 523)

Outgoing American President Donald Trump was lambasted last year after suggesting that Covid-19 could be treated by injections of disinfectant (he later said the remark was made in jest). A professor of infectious diseases in Hong Kong also ...

Leading snack firm to IPO
Dec 11, 2020 (WiC 522)

The origins of latiao (辣条) are said to date back 1998. At the time, a flood swept through Hunan province, which led to a shortage of soybeans and the price for the crop skyrocketed. Several chilli sauce makers switched to gluten and began ...

A ‘zero innovation’ formula

Why elderly Shanghainese love Zhending Chicken more than KFC
Dec 11, 2020 (WiC 522)

Located in the ever-changing metropolis of Shanghai, Zhending Chicken hasn’t updated its menu in 30 years. The chain store has no franchises, no delivery options and closes its doors every night at 7:30pm. Despite being set in its ways – or ...

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