K-pop idols (Korean celebrities) appear to have an effect on the Chinese cosmetics market. As a matter of fact, a research from L2 entitled “The Beauty China: The Rise of Korean Brands” highlights the huge impact that South Korean beauty products have on this market in China – which is 126% higher than last year – and the fact that these products are now ¼ of those imported to China, mostly online.

This skyrocketing trend can be explained by the significant impact of Korean celebrities and K-pop culture on China’s TV. This is illustrated on Kering as being a “bridge between the Chinese and western cultures” and especially on western hobbies, promoted through Korean series.

Source : Luxury Daily - China Daily - Kering

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April 7, 2016 from Jing Daily

A new ad campaign by luxury cosmetics brand SK-II addresses a social issue in China that doesn’t usually receive much attention in the country’s commercial scene: the plight of sheng nu, or “leftover women.”

If one wasn’t aware of how twenty-something single women are traditionally viewed by their parents’ generation in China, the start of the four-minute-long video ad strikingly makes it clear. It begins by juxtaposing a montage of photographs of young girls with audio phrases from their parents, such as, “I won’t die in peace unless you are married,” “Don’t be so free willed,” and “You’re too picky.”

Chinese women are put under an incredible amount of social pressure to get married, so much so that businesses pop up around Chinese New Year that give single women (and men) the opportunity to rent a boyfriend or girlfriend to fool and appease their family over the holidays. The term sheng nu is a derogatory one used for those who haven’t found a husband by their mid to late twenties.

For the women featured in the film, this term brings on feelings of guilt. “Not getting married is a sign of disrespect,” says one woman before tearfully apologizing to the camera for disappointing her family.

Then, in an emotional turn of events, the women head to the Marriage Market in Shanghai, where parents normally go to browse the “resumes” of potential suitors for their daughters. This time, however, the women would be the ones delivering a message to their parents.

The parents find beautiful photos of the women at the market, each paired with statements of confidence like, “I don’t want to get married just for the sake of marriage. I won’t live happily that way.”

This touching film, produced by Swedish ad agency Forsman & Bodenfors, is the latest installment of SK-II’s global #changedestiny campaign, which encourages women to “change their DNA” to take control of their future. SK-II’s website has additional short films that show women having courage to change their DNA, including one starring Chinese actress Tang Wei and another featuring Chief Strategy Officer for Ebay Greater China Vvivi Hu.

In the case of the sheng nu campaign, the confident subjects behind #changedestiny speaks volumes to affluent Chinese women. A 2014 report by Grant Thornton International showed that about 63 percent of Chinese businesses have female CFOs, and women are going to great lengths to have their own eggs frozen so that they can put things like having children—and marriage—second to their successful careers.

So far, the “Marriage Market Takeover” Youtube video has more than 250,000 hits after two days of being released, and its WeChat post is quickly catching up with more than 100,000 pageviews and a growing number of comments of encouragement from supportive fans.

Credits:

Brand Director: Kylene Campos
Art Direction: Sophia Lindholm and Karina Ullensvang
Director: Floyd Russ
Digital Producer: Peter Gaudiano
Film Editor: Cut + Run
Production: Tool of North America
Producer: Alexander Blidner

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FROM L2 / THE DAILY THURSDAY / MARCH,31, 2016

Innisfree is one of the most popular Korean beauty brands in China, as evidenced by its high search volume on Baidu, Taobao, and Youku. (Innisfree was the top Beauty brand according to both the Taobao and Baidu Indexes.) L2 research finds the success of Innisfree to be a result of robust digital properties on the brand site, mobile, in-store and on social media.

Innisfree maintains a sophisticated brand site designed for consumers to spend time on; a gamified cross-channel loyalty program, user-generated content syndicated from multiple social platforms, and video libraries are among the features offered. Furthermore, the brand site ensures product research and purchases are seamless with grid pages that include quick-view and product pages featuring reviews and recently-viewed products. The brand’s site is also mobile optimized with swipeable carousels and mobile-specific offers.

Social media also plays an important role in Innisfree’s success. Consumers can create a customer profile by logging in with their Weibo, QQ, or Alipay accounts. These accounts allow Innisfree to create an omnichannel loyalty program that tracks online and offline purchases. Users can also gain points by engaging on social media or checking into a brand site.

Innisfree’s Spring 2015 social campaign “Summer Love”, featuring Korean influencers Lee Minho and Yoona, became one of the most successful campaigns among Korea Beauty peers. The campaign promoted the Innisfree Summer Foundation Cushion with five videos on Youku with the storyline of a young couple. The two most viewed videos from the campaigned averaged 181,000 views, more than four times the brand’s average video view count. The Youku campaign was supported by desktop and mobile advertising, as well as WeChat and Sina Weibo promotions. The most successful WeChat post was viewed 10,600 times while the campaign’s Sina Weibo post remains the brand’s most engaging post with 2,000 interactions. But much of the success is evident in the sheer number of users who spread the word; the campaign hashtag #innisfree received 17.7 million impressions and 36,000 mentions on Weibo. Yet, Innisfree expanded the campaign beyond just promotions, and connected the buzz to shopping. The popular couple remains featured on the Innisfree Tmall site to promote products and maintain brand buzz.

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 April 7, 20, Jing Daily

“I won’t die in peace unless you are married,” says one parent in new SK-II ad about “leftover women” in China

A new ad campaign by luxury cosmetics brand SK-II addresses a social issue in China that doesn’t usually receive much attention in the country’s commercial scene: the plight of sheng nu, or “leftover women.”

If one wasn’t aware of how twenty-something single women are traditionally viewed by their parents’ generation in China, the start of the four-minute-long video ad strikingly makes it clear. It begins by juxtaposing a montage of photographs of young girls with audio phrases from their parents, such as, “I won’t die in peace unless you are married,” “Don’t be so free willed,” and “You’re too picky.”

Chinese women are put under an incredible amount of social pressure to get married, so much so that businesses pop up around Chinese New Year that give single women (and men) the opportunity to rent a boyfriend or girlfriend to fool and appease their family over the holidays. The term sheng nu is a derogatory one used for those who haven’t found a husband by their mid to late twenties.

For the women featured in the film, this term brings on feelings of guilt. “Not getting married is a sign of disrespect,” says one woman before tearfully apologizing to the camera for disappointing her family.

Then, in an emotional turn of events, the women head to the Marriage Market in Shanghai, where parents normally go to browse the “resumes” of potential suitors for their daughters. This time, however, the women would be the ones delivering a message to their parents.

The parents find beautiful photos of the women at the market, each paired with statements of confidence like, “I don’t want to get married just for the sake of marriage. I won’t live happily that way.”

This touching film, produced by Swedish ad agency Forsman & Bodenfors, is the latest installment of SK-II’s global #changedestiny campaign, which encourages women to “change their DNA” to take control of their future. SK-II’s website has additional short films that show women having courage to change their DNA, including one starring Chinese actress Tang Wei and another featuring Chief Strategy Officer for Ebay Greater China Vvivi Hu.

In the case of the sheng nu campaign, the confident subjects behind #changedestiny speaks volumes to affluent Chinese women. A 2014 report by Grant Thornton International showed that about 63 percent of Chinese businesses have female CFOs, and women are going to great lengths to have their own eggs frozen so that they can put things like having children—and marriage—second to their successful careers.

So far, the “Marriage Market Takeover” Youtube video has more than 250,000 hits after two days of being released, and its WeChat post is quickly catching up with more than 100,000 pageviews and a growing number of comments of encouragement from supportive fans.

Credits:

Brand Director: Kylene Campos
Art Direction: Sophia Lindholm and Karina Ullensvang
Director: Floyd Russ
Digital Producer: Peter Gaudiano
Film Editor: Cut + Run
Production: Tool of North America
Producer: Alexander Blidner

Les produits cosmétiques français superstars à l'international ! Les exportations de cosmétiques ont en effet atteint un un niveau record en 2015, portées par les effets de changes positifs liés à la hausse du dollar face à l'euro et par une forte dynamique à destination du Moyen Orient, indiquent les chiffres publiés ce mercredi 16 mars par la Fédération des entreprises de la beauté (Febea) sur la base des données douanières.

Dans le détail, les ventes à l'export des crèmes de soin, parfums et maquillage fabriqués en France ont atteint 11,8 milliards d'euros l'an dernier, contre 11,3 milliards en 2014. Une performance qui permet à la balance commerciale du secteur d'atteindre un niveau record de plus de 9 milliards d'euros.

Les crèmes de soin sont restées, de loin, les produits les plus exportés (42,5%) en 2015, devant les parfums (33%) et le maquillage (24,5%) qui a connu cependant les plus forts taux de croissance. Portées par le tout visuel et la mise en scène de soi véhiculés par les réseaux sociaux, les exportations de rouges à lèvres ont grimpé de 17%, celle des fards à yeux de 10% et celles des poudres de 12%.

Les ventes du secteur réalisées en France étaient quant à elles estimées, en 2015, aux environs de 12 milliards d'euros.

LVMH, L'ORÉAL ET CHANEL, LE TRIO GAGNANT

Tiré par les grandes marques des groupes LVMH (Dior), L'Oréal (Lancôme) ou Chanel, la cosmétique française conforte sa position de troisième poste excédentaire de la balance commerciale française, derrière l'aéronautique et les vins et spiritueux.

Les exportations à destination de l'Union européenne, premier débouché (49%) du secteur, ont augmenté de 5,8% l'an dernier et ont grimpé de 15% à destination des Etats-Unis, deuxième marché des cosmétiques français, pour atteindre 1,1 milliard d'euros, grâce à la hausse du dollar. Elles ont également décollé à destination des Emirats arabes unis, avec une hausse de 15% à 420 millions d'euros.

La tendance a en revanche ralenti vers l'Asie (16,2% des exportations), où les ventes à destination de la Chine ont limité leur hausse à 8%, après une augmentation de 16,5% en 2014, pour cause de ralentissement économique et de moindre consommation locale.

LES IMPORTATIONS DE PRODUITS ASIATIQUES EN FORTE HAUSSE

Dans le sens inverse, à noter que les importations françaises de produits cosmétiques en provenance de Chine, du Japon ou de Corée du Sud ont nettement augmenté. Des marques chinoises comme Herborist, qui mettent en avant la pharmacopée traditionnelle, ou la coréenne Erborian séduisent les consommatrices avec un marketing très ciblé.

"De nouvelles marques arrivent en France. Elles sont très qualitatives, avec un packaging haut de gamme, et rencontrent un certain succès", déclare à Reuters Virginie d'Enfert, directrice des affaires économiques de la Febea. Si la balance commerciale avec la Chine reste largement positive (420 millions d'exportations pour 86 millions d'importations), "il y là une tendance et ces marques peuvent devenir, demain, des acteurs importants du marché", ajoute-t-elle.

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Par Alice Elia / 18 MAR. 2016

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A 30 ans, il paraît qu’on est plus sûre de soi, plus épanouie et finalement plus belle qu’à 20 ans. Franchement, pas sûr. Pourquoi ? D’abord parce que, physiologiquement, c’est à la trentaine qu’apparaissent les premiers signes de vieillissement qui font douter. Ensuite parce qu’en général c’est à ce moment-là qu’on construit sa vie personnelle (ou pas) et qu’on accède à des responsabilités professionnelles (ou pas), ce qui suppose une énergie considérable (ou, à défaut, un sentiment de ratage pesant). Mais surtout l’époque semble imposer aux trentenaires une série de contraintes inédites.

"Les transformations de la société et les progrès du féminisme ont élargi le champ des possibles à l’infini, explique Nathalie Rozborski, directrice conseil international mode et beauté chez Nelly Rodi. Ce qui représente à la fois une immense victoire et… une somme d’exigences épuisantes. Les trentenaires veulent avoir toutes les casquettes : celle de la super-pro, de la jeune maman, de la meilleure copine, de la housewife accomplie, de l’amante, de la socialite… ".

Résultat : en multi-entreprise permanente, chacune court après un fantasme de perfection démultiplié qui ne lui laisse aucun répit. Sans compter les nouvelles normes de réactivité et de performance qui régissent l’univers professionnel. Conséquence : des niveaux de stress sur-élevés, un sentiment de fatigue abyssal, un manque chronique de sommeil, et, à force, une sensation de vieillissement accéléré.

"Il n’est pas dit qu’elles vieillissent plus vite, tempère la dermatologue Nadine Pomarède. En revanche, ce qui est sûr, c’est qu’elles se préoccupent du vieillissement de plus en plus tôt, dès 25 ans. Carrière, enfants, soirées… Elles veulent tout, mais il ne faut surtout pas que leur visage accuse le coup. Leur investissement sur la peau (dans tous les sens du terme) est énorme. C’est devenu à leurs yeux une condition de réussite professionnelle et sociale." Evidemment, le fait que l’époque soit dominée par des modèles de réussite précoce n’incite pas à la patience. D’où, peut-être, une intolérance accrue à tout signe de faiblesse cutanée. Au premier rang des inculpés : le stress (53 %), la fatigue (59 %) et la pollution (35 %)*, mais aussi une persistance désespérante de l’acné.

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