Chinese High End Cosmetics Market

Chinese consumers do not see the cosmetics and beauty as an unaffordable luxury, dedicated to some happy few, but as consumer goods or even basic necessities. Today, the Chinese cosmetics market represents more than 134 billion yuan (17 billion euros), against only 200 million yuan (26 million euros) in the early 1980s.

International brands

International brands are leading the industry: they occupy 54% of the cosmetics market in China. US Procter & Gamble brand is ahead, followed closely by L'Oreal. Followed Japanese group Shiseido and Unilever. Due to the considerable increase in the cosmetics industry and of China, despite the many barriers to trade, foreign brands rush in China and competition becoms increasingly fierce. The main foreign investors in the cosmetics market from the United States, France, Japan, South Korea and Germany.

Chinese consumers are fascinated by high-end brands West and trust them. This explains the success of foreign brands and cosmetics industry market dominance comparée to Chinese brands.
However, the Chinese market is evolving very quickly. Local brands are gaining ground and most aim to commercialize high-quality products as well. Beyond admiration and fascination for Western high end brands, Chinese consumers, especially in search of quality offerings and the trend is towards cosmetics based on natural ingredients. Chinese fashion customers are gaining demanding and want to find products that meet their expectations perfectly.source

Chinese untapped segments

French and foreign manufacturers of cosmetics have an interest to enter the market by the end of a positioning statement above: this strategy will allow them to expand their business in optimal conditions in China. Demand remains high, and often unmet in second and third largest cities in China.
In terms of cosmetics deals, makeup and perfumes seem to hold untapped potential: according to some studies, about 90% of Chinese women use cosmetic creams, while only a third of them use makeup and less than 10% wear a fragrance .
 Estée Lauder now Focuses on make-up and perfumes to Attract Chinese customers and gain market share vacant. Estee Lauder is also preparing to launch several perfumes, dedicated solely to Chinese customers. In addition, the American group, known for its specific developments tailored to the needs of particular countries, has already launched nutritious, a brand dedicated to the Chinese market.

L'Oreal to adjust its positioning

L'Oreal, whose China became one of the largest markets, winning new 250 million consumers by 2020. The consortium decides to just stop selling its own brand of mass-market Garnier - which is his second brand terms turnover - in China. Garnier had never been a great success in China: not upscale enough to attract medium and rich client, and not low enough to attract more Chinese consumers cost, the constant search for deals and discounts.
Unlike India, where L'Oreal entered the marketplace through Garnier and great public position in China, the group has found its place on the local market, thanks to the strategy of high-end positioning, playing map affordable luxury.
In terms of distribution, L'Oreal has decided to sell its products in major retail chains and hypermarkets cosmetics, but mostly with a vendor dedicated to advising customers, to be distinguished from cosmetic products consumer and preserving its upscale image the spirit of Chinese customers. The group follows the same strategic positioning with its Maybelline brand leader in China.

Amway Artistry meets with success

Another example is the success of the American group Amway China, particularly through its cosmetic products available, sold under the brand name "Artistry". Thank you to a wide range of skincare and makeup, the upscale brand has managed to reflect an image of prestige in the minds of Chinese customers. China, Art does not play the card of luxury affordable. Rather, the brand aims to be affordable only to a very rich clientele. In fact, this positioning strategy appeared very effective in a country with an increasing number of wealthy individuals and high net worth.

source : http://www.premiumbeautynews.com/en/high-end-cosmetics-in-china,7438

25 Years of Photos I took in China

If you would like to see personal photos of China that I took over a period of 25 years you can go to my Photo Album.  www.picasaweb.google.com/ChinaDave1   There are six albums shown there with the largest being over 800 photos.   Just click on one of the photos to look at the Albums.   As you will see China is so very different from one end of the country to the other and I have never tired of travel in China either in a former business or my tour company.  My tour company has a web site at www.interlakechinatours.com   We have been doing private custom tours to China for over 20 years with customers from all over the world.  Located here in Seattle, Washington, we only work on the internet from a low overhead home office.  We enjoy a A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau and have never had a reported complaint.  We have Chinese Associate partners in China with the best reputations for quality and service taking advantage of their low contract prices with hotels and services.   We pride ourselves in doing quality tours to China and Tibet only specializing in custom private tours.  Email us for a list of references of past customers for their insights too.  You can contact me at   interlak@eskimo.com    Enjoy my photo albums and hope to hear from you.

On Site Inspections!

I will be leaving  this month  (Nov. 2014) on my 55th inspection trip to China since 1989.  Having travelled all over China for some years in another business, I started the tour business in 1993.  Since then I have sent over 2,500 people from all over the world to China and Tibet on private custom tours and private custom group tours.  I travel all over China each year checking new places to send people that are newly opened to tourism.  I not only look at new sights with my Associate Chinese partners, I check hotels for cleanliness, service and location to assure that my clients have satisfactory accommodations whether it be a 3, 4 or 5 star hotels.   We obtain low contract prices with hotels through our Chinese partners assuring best value.  I also will be taking my 8th cruise on the Yangtze River with the Century Line which is the top cruise line in China.  www.centuryrivercruises.com  Click on the British Flag for English.   New to the U.S. market we represent Century Cruise Line on the Yangtze and as an introduction are offering  50% off cruises when combined with at least a 10+ day custom private tour.  Bookings must be completed by April 15th and the cruise must be taken before Oct. 31st.   I never tire of the cruises with so many activities, entertainment, and off ship activities including an up close tour of the largest Dam site in the World!  Contact us for more information and prices.  My friends call me  ChinaDave and can be emailed at  interlak@eskimo.com

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US strategy to boost outbound tourism Market

The United States and China will grant visas valid for up to ten years for visitors between the two countries under one announced by US President Barack Obama agreed.
Obama said the move would be "beneficial to all," speaking at a high-level summit of Heads of Asian companies in Beijing, known as APEC.

US strategy to boost outbound tourism Market

Visas between the two countries were previously valid for one year.
Sino-US relations have been rocky in the middle of the increased presence of the US in the Pacific and concerns over cyber espionage.

Obama's plan

But on Monday, Mr. Obama told the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit as executive chef greeted us the advent of a "thriving China, peaceful and stable."
"We want China to do well," Obama said. "We
compete for business, but we also seek to cooperate on a wide range of common challenges and common opportunities." Under the new visa rules, which come into force on Wednesday, student visas will be valid for five years, while business and tourist visas are valid for 10 years.
The agreement does not change how long a traveler will be allowed to remain in the United States or China, but how long the visas are valid for entry.
The United States will continue to require a personal interview as part of the visa application.White House officials said they hoped the deal would bring more Chinese visitors and spending to the US.
"Chinese tourists cite ease of visa policies as the second most important factor in deciding where to go for travelling, behind only cost," the White House said in a statement.
"A good visa policy is needed to these chinese tourists to secure our place as the chosen destination for millions of Chinese travellers." source 

About 100 million Chinese travelled abroad last year, but less than 2% spent time in the US.
Despite Mr Obama's upbeat message in announcing the visa changes, he reiterated that America would continue to press China on a number of issues including cyber espionage, currency manipulation and human rights.

"We're not going to stop speaking out on behalf of the things that we care about," Mr Obama said. He and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to meet later in the summit.
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Paris is the number one favorite destination of Chinese tourists abroad

In France, tourism represents about 7% of GDP. Paris is the number one favorite destination of Chinese tourists abroad.

But they often idealize the city. And as petty crime is increasing in the French capital, city officials and travel agencies are concerned about the slowing growth of Chinese visitors 

 

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Hong Kong Policeman Denies Mainland Chinese Tourist

Hong Kong Policeman VS Mainland Chinese Tourist 

This Hong Kong Policeman isn't going to put up with the Mainland Chinese tourists that just caused a 7-car pile up. The drunken man says he's a Communist, thinking it will get him off like it would do inside of Mainland China. But this is Hong Kong, and this guys is in for a little culture shock. Hong Kong police don't care

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Why Chinese tourists are disapointed about Paris ?

Paris is a nice city but... not for every tourists who dream about a better trip.

Paris the dream of Chinese 

It seems that Chinese tourists are now walking the path already traveled by the Japanese, who were already a familiar sight in the palace, gardens and shops of Europe - while China was still too large for poverty mounted many of its citizens to go on excursions abroad. Now, however, Chinese travelers are increasingly found in these glamorous and glitzy places as Dubai, Venise, and, of course, Paris.

The city of love is often represented in China (as is often worldwide) as a place dripping with beauty, culture and romance. It seems that you can not lift a brick without hitting a grand old monument, an incredibly chic Parisian or Gregory Peck riding a Vespa (bad town, but you get the idea). That, at least, is what we are told in books, movies and billboards, and that is what many of us (in China, at least) have come to believe.

Impression about Paris

Having only been to Paris when I just peed, I do not have a lot of impressions of the city, and I recognize that I too am guilty of romanticizing a certain extent, so perhaps the predominant influences on I think the way the city is the old, old impressionist paintings produced there are more than a century. This is, of course, far from ideal.
Now it is true that it would be a little frivolous to suggest to me that most Chinese share my delusional fantasies of Paris as a city of gaslights and hansom cabs people sliding on top hat and voluminous dresses, but it will show how the places we get our information regarding the "City of Light" is, shall we say, less than perfect when it comes to glean a realistic impression of modern Paris and its inhabitants. And the gap between reality and expectation is often shocking.

Japanese experiences

Many Japanese have experienced this, much to their detriment. Having never met a victim of "Paris syndrome" now famous, I can not speak with authority on this point, but supposedly the condition is that the terms of the BBC a 'psychic collapse "in the face stress disillusionment and hope disappointed. After being fed the image of the city as a supremely beautiful metropolis, highly educated, rude encounter with a local or a block of rubbish strewn have the potential shock factor to trigger symptoms severe enough, and the Embassy of Japan to Paris supposedly a 24 hotline dedicated to people suffering from "Paris syndrome". Fortunately, there is only one average occurrence rate of 12 cases per year, but is still quite remarkable when you consider that the only reason seems to be dashed expectations.source

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Chinese people idealize France

"Chinese people idealize France, they know the French literature and French love stories," said Tracy, president of the Chinese Association of travel agencies in China. "But some of them end up in tears, swearing that they will never return. "
Now, you might find it a little surprising, because, in a sense, the factor "shock" may seem intuitively to be higher for the Japanese, who, with their public spaces immaculate manners and social interaction often formalized might well find some of Paris' poverty, unrest and occasional fighting particularly disconcerting courtesy.

For the Chinese, however, who come from a nation where poverty, restlessness and courtesy are the bread and butter of civic life, one might think that such behavior would be less shocking.


Well maybe so, but the indisputable fact is that some Chinese are prey to the same syndrome. It should also be noted that Chinese tourists against crime was on the rise. On the surface, therefore, the syndrome may seem a little strange, even ridiculous, but to go in a city presented as an almost heavenly summit of Western civilization must be eliminated in an alley somewhere and robbed blind would, I think, something of a shock to everyone.

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It's not just Paris, either; or, at least, the "Paris syndrome" is not limited to this city in particular, as applied to similar destinations throughout Europe, or perhaps even Europe as a whole it -even. It is unclear, however, whether any cases of people suffering from Chinese syndrome Paris regarding other destinations took place, but with the volume of people who start to visit this part of the world, I would not be surprised.

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2015 Web site Now on Line!

Our 2015 web site, Interlake China Tours, Inc. is now on line at  www.interlakechinatours.com    This year we are featuring the Yangtze River Cruise at 50% OFF.  Bookings are available until April 15th. for sailings completed by Oct. 31st.  See our web site for details or email us at   interlak@eskimo.com    This special price is available only this year to introduce the 5 Star Line,  Century Cruises  to the U.S. public with 6 modern and beautiful boats sailing the Yangtze River.  For details of the itineraries including a tour of the dam with the largest locks in the world check out their web site at   www.centuryrivercruises.com   For English click on the British flag on the top right corner of the front page.  This is our 26th. year of doing custom private and group tours to China and Tibet only.  Our specialty is doing Customized Private Tours for individuals or Groups who come to us with their Special Interests.  Let us plan a special tour just for you to your special interests and budget.  China is a large country with countless sights and over 57 minority peoples living in a country the size of the U.S.  A good planned tour to your special interests, accommodations and budget makes a great tour rather than a general tour which may include sights that you may not be interested in and  shopping stops that take up valuable sightseeing time.

 

 

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World wide tourists VS Chinese Tourists

Despite a crackdown on graft in China, the conflict between Russia and the West on the sick-man economy of Ukraine and Europe, the global luxury spending is still on track to increase 5% in 2014, according to a report released Tuesday by the consulting firm Bain & Co. Bain, whose projections are closely monitored by the luxury industry, also stuck to its forecast that the global luxury goods sales will increase 4% and 6% per year between 2014 and 2017. So with all the madness going on in the world right now, which gives a boost of luxury necessary?

IN USA , People do not understand Chinese travellers ! 

The good old US of A., who became a great destination for wealthy Chinese travelers (now that obtaining a visa is easier), and where Generation Y develop a taste for luxury as they progress in their careers and start making more money, said Claudia Arpizio, a Bain partner in Milan and head of global business practice of Luxury goods and fashion. "The United States as a tourist destination increasingly important for Chinese travelers," said D'Arpizio Fortune. Chinese citizens spend three times more luxury abroad than in their own country. US consumer confidence peaked 14 months in September, and upscale stores has been on a tear this year.
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The stock market fell in the last week, casting a shadow over consumer spending, but the downturn will last for some time shooting luxury  said Mark. "We see consumer confidence is the most important factor." The slight increase in the United States comes at an opportune time for companies to global luxury. In July, the French luxury group LVMH reported disappointing first-half results for 2012 while rival Kering, whose brands include Gucci, spoke of an "unstable business environment." Meanwhile, L'Oréal said the US would rebound results for the second half. Bain, who conducted the study with Italian industry group Altagamma luxury, said the global luxury market is on track to reach € 223 billion ($ 283 bilion) in 2014, representing a bump 5 % this year, slower than the 7% in the last years pace. And probably clouds in the sky luxury: Chinese sales were hurt by a crackdown by the government against corruption and conspicuous consumption. And sales of Russian luxury poorly down by a drop in tourism in the countries of Eastern Europe.

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