China's Super Consumers E-Book

Savio Chan

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 354

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

Chinese Consumers are Changing The World - Understand Them and Sell To Them China has transformed itself from a feudal economy in the 19th century, to Mao and Communism in the 20th century, to the largest consumer market in the world by the early 21st century. China's Super Consumers explores the extraordinary birth of consumerism in China and explains who these super consumers are. China's Super Consumers offers an in-depth explanation of what's inside the minds of Chinese consumers and explores what they buy, where they buy, how they buy, and most importantly why they buy. The book is filled with real-world stories of the foreign and domestic companies, leading brands, and top executives who have succeeded in selling to this burgeoning marketplace. This remarkable book also takes you inside the boardrooms of the people who understand Chinese consumers and have had success in the Chinese market. * A hands-on resource for succeeding in the Chinese marketplace * Filled with real-world stories of companies who have made an impact in China * Discover what the Chinese consumer wants and how to deliver the goods * Written by Savio Chan and Michael Zakkour, two leading experts on the Chinese market This book is an invaluable resource for anyone who wants a clear understanding of how China's Super Consumers are changing the world and how to sell to them.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Preface

January 15, 2008

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The China Dream

Our Intent

The Country within a Country

Part I: History, Culture, and Language Matter—The Birth of Chinese Consumerism

Chapter 1: From Feudalism to Fendi

Back to the Future

Chinese Consumption: What's Old Is New Again (Tenfold!)

China's Growth Is Different

Chapter 2: Orientation

A Code to the Chinese Mind-set

Contradiction and Paradox

Summary

Chapter 3: A Self-Contained Empire

Chapter 4: The First Globalization

Chapter 5: Marco Polo and the Two Admirals of the Sea

The Two Admirals of the Sea

Chapter 6: An Insatiable Appetite

Freedom Creates Wealth in the West

Chapter 7: Opium, Imperialism, and Decay

Opium and War

A Century of Exploitation

End of War—Continuation of War

Chapter 8: The People's Republic

The New China

Chapter 9: The Mandate of Heaven

Opening and Reform

Green Shoots

Part II: The Chinese Super Consumer—From Birth to Adolescence and Maturity

Chapter 10: A Boom Is Born

A Boom Starts with a Swoosh and a Shot of Espresso

Change at Hyper Speed

Chapter 11: From Sandpaper to Sephora—The First Super Consumers

American Century Redux

Want. Need. Buy. Show Off. Keep Up.

Super Consumption Goes Global

Go West, Young Man

China's Own Postwar Boom and Birth of the Chinese Super Consumer

In the Beginning

Chapter 12: The China Market + The China Global Demographic = China's Super Consumers

The China Whisperer

Spinning in a Whirlpool

The Great Pizza Wars: In China, Everything Is Possible, but Nothing Is Easy

Listen to the Great One

Stay the Course, Even When the Seas Get Rough

Nestlé: Navigating the Teen Years

Chapter 13: The China Global Demographic

The Precious Gift of Time

Meet the Tangs

Chapter 14: Channels

Department Stores

Street-Level Stores

Malls

Grocery Stores/Supermarkets

Hypermarkets

Convenience Stores

Not Your Father's Post Office

Lifestyle Stores

Specialty Retailers

Multibrand Retail

Chapter 15: E-commerce and the Rise of Alibaba

Alibaba

NFL Footballs “Sold Out”

Why E-commerce?

Chapter 16: Supply Chains to Satisfy China's Super Consumers

Supply Chain Megaprocesses

Plan

Buy

Make

Distribute

Sell

Aligning Strategy, Structure, and Implementation

Chapter 17: Segmentation

Surveying China

A Most Discerning Consumer

Chapter 18: Marketing

Consumer Impulses and Desires

Lenovo's Approach: The Best of Both Worlds

From East to West to Wei East

Baby Boom

Brand Advertising in China

Going Native—Tory Burch,

Gossip Girl

, and Made-for-China TV

The Role of Social Media in Marketing: United States versus China

Promotions

Chapter 19: The Chinese Luxury and Premium Market

The Nouveau Riche: Pebble Beach or Nothing

The Gifting Group

China's Engine: The New Middle Class Seeks Quality and Value

Affordable Luxury: A Tiffany's Tie Clip and an Entry-Level BMW

China's Luxury Downturn: Myths and Realities

Chapter 20: Travel and Tourism

Take a Walk on Boardwalk—Pass Go, Collect $200 (Thousand!)

Chapter 21: Chinese Super Consumers Changing the World

The Microsoft Miracle

A Final Word about China's Super Consumers

Index

End User License Agreement

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Guide

Cover

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction: The China Dream

Part I: History, Culture, and Language Matter—The Birth of Chinese Consumerism

Begin Reading

List of Illustrations

Figure 2.1

Figure 20.1

List of Tables

Table 2.1

China's Super Consumers

WHAT 1 BILLION CUSTOMERS WANT AND HOW TO SELL IT TO THEM

SAVIO CHANANDMICHAEL ZAKKOUR

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For my parents, Hal and Cynthia, for their unconditional love and who, from the beginning, gave me the gift of curiosity, a love for history, a global outlook, and belief in the potential and promise of my life—and for my wife, Monique, and son, Julian, who have fulfilled that promise.

—Michael

To my mother and father, and grandmother. For always believing in me. To my daughter, Kristi, who is my inspiration.

—Savio

Preface

January 15, 2008

It started as another normal workday: up early for calls with China, meetings with clients, and working on a market-entry strategy for a fashion company. And then a small email with huge implications came in. It was an email that left us with our mouths hanging open. Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple computer, had written, asking for advice about dealing with China Mobile and launching the iPhone in China.

At the time China had about 600 million mobile handsets in use and China Mobile had nearly three quarters of the market. Steve felt that the Chinese market was integral to the company's continued growth. He was right. There are now 900 million mobile units in use in China, and in the next two years that number will reach 1.2 billion. Jobs explained to us that his negotiations with China Mobile, the largest mobile provider in China—and the world—were proceeding slowly and progress in the short term seemed unlikely.

The email was all the more surprising because it came on the day Apple launched the world's thinnest laptop, the MacBook Air, at Macworld. Steve Jobs was thinking about China on a major product-launch day.

We suggested to Steve that while it was true that China Mobile was the biggest player in China, its current technology, management, and leadership position meant that it might still be years before a deal could be struck. We suggested pursing China Unicom, a big player by any global standard, but a much smaller rival to China Mobile. The technology needed for iPhones was already in place, and they might be hungry to beat their big rival to market with the iPhone. Most importantly, a deal with China Unicom would give Apple faster access to China's consumers and time to build its brand, reputation, and market share as it explored further plans for expansion. China was growing and changing too fast to wait, we advised.

On August 28, 2009, the iPhone—through China Unicom—was launched.

Fast forward to January 16, 2014. After years of negotiations, alignment of interests, and technological developments, Apple CEO Tim Cook and China Mobile Chairman Xi Guoha took the stage at Apple's flagship store in Beijing to announce a partnership between the two technology giants. First-day preorders topped 1 million and first-year sales were estimated to be 24 million units.

While Apple still has some catching up to do to gain on market leaders Samsung, Lenovo, HTC, and others, it is on solid footing in the world's largest, fastest-growing, and most important mobile market. Because of its understanding that China's consumers were changing its industry, its business, and the world, Apple entered the market with the best short-term partner while being patient and finding the right deal with the best long-term partner. Apple has gone on to make billions of dollars by growing with and engaging China's Super Consumers.

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank: our editors at Wiley, Shannon Vargo, Elizabeth Gildea, and Deborah Schindlar, for believing in us and giving us the chance to tell this timely and important story. Josh Berkman, whose developmental editing and organizational brilliance gave this book shape and form. Janet Carmosky for her mentorship and encyclopedic knowledge of all things China. Richard Berman, of Verb Factory, an outstanding writer and communications pro, for freely giving of himself and his expertise. Jim Tompkins and my colleagues at Tompkins International for believing in and supporting me. Steve Ganster, Steve Crandall, and the staff at Technomic Asia. Everyone at the Confucius Institute for Business at SUNY in New York. The good people at The China Institute. My fellow Board members and everyone at the Asian Financial Society. All of the great writers and authors whose coverage and interpretation of China over the last 15 years provided me with an education on China and big shoulders to stand on, including but certainly not limited to: Jim Fallows, Yu Hua, Peter Hessler, Evan Osnos, Gady Epstein, Adam Minter, Helen Wang, Louisa Lim, Paul French, Simon Winchester, Orville Schell, Matt Schiavenza, James McGregor, Laurie Burkitt, David Barbosa, Tim Clissold, and many others. To the men and women who have supported my career and shaped my education in Chinese business, culture, history, language, and mind-set: Winston Ma, I. Peter Wolfe, Bob Shapiro, Dan Harris, Esmond Queck, Ivy Liu, Jessie Hu, Shao Heng, Dayong Liu, Hank Sheller, Richard Guo, Wei Wang, John Yang, Suresh Dalai, Professor Lawrence Delson, Rebecca Fanin, Professor Andy Molinsky, Brian Glucroft, Dai Wenhong, and too many others to name here. Thanks to all of my clients, past and present, who have let me be a part of their China dreams. And to all my friends, family, and supporters through thick and thin: Donna, Anthony, Nicolas, and Marc Zarriello, Kevin James, Mike Del Tufo, Matt Polidoro, Brian Vanderhoof, Rob Klein, Terry Zuckerman, Adam Slavitt, Marc Maurizi, George Maurizi and Gayle Uhlenberg, Elliott Warren, Stephen Hochman, Keith Stillings, Ethan Garr, Sam Blumenfeld, the Allens, the Roodenrys family, the Biedermans, Hiten Manseta, Jay Isherwood, TTYC, the Melrose Drive crew, my classmates and teachers at Livingston High School and Seton Hall University, and most importantly I want to thank the thousands of Chinese citizens, business people, academics, and political leaders I have had the honor of meeting, working with, learning from, and befriending over the years. The kindness, openness, and generosity I have always been freely given in China has provided me with not only a great career, but a second home, a second brain, and a second life.