2014年6月27日星期五

Consulting advice : do store checks in China

Consulting advice : do store checks in China

The Chinese imitations marked the current events with henceforth the imitation of stores in China. It is not a novelty, but a big classical author, every brand or store which knows a success in China has the other side of medal and sees copying. That is why store checks are crucial in China.

Store imitations are a multitude in China

The concept of store Apple blind was cloned in the city of Kunming. It made a main part buzz, because when we speak about Apple, it always draws the attention. The decoration looked like perfectly the true store with the same PLV (advertisement on place of sale). Store checks then showed that it is nothing like apple
The employees of this store were moreover persuaded to work really in a real Apple Store.
The Swedish chain recently had the "luck"("chance") to discover a false store in the city of Kunming always.

Ikea does not do store-check in China

Everything is present: of descriptive yellow and blue in the various routes, up to the smallest details as the wooden mini-pencils or the big yellow bags. The clone of Ikea has everything of the truth but the name changes little.
Only small difference: in the cafeteria, the sliver of pig replaces the balls of meat.
The list of the imitations of selling points is still long. When we make in the secondary cities of China, a little put off, most of the stores and the proposed products are false: jewels, luxuries, cars, clothes of brands, wines and spirit …

Chinese do not moreover trust in the stores of province and purchase brand when they move in big cities, Peking Shanghai Canton and Hong-Kong. This confidence will continue to drop if this kind of fake store remains in China. Thus Store-checks seem crucial to help to development of store in China.

2014年5月22日星期四

China : create a WFOE

Presentation of a 100% company major foreigner – WFOE

 Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise (WFOE) is a company with capital foreigner. In China, the WFOE was originally designed to encourage the industrial activities sour to the export or in the advanced technology. However since China entered the World Trade Organization, these conditions were abandoned and the WFOE became more democratic.
From now on the WFOE is used from now on by service companies and of consulting, import export and company of software also.

The various typical of WFOE

There are many business sectors for the WFOE.
The list this below is often chosen by the investors:
·         Manufacturing WFOE
·         Consultancy (yet Service(Department)) WFOE
·         Trading WFOE or Foreign Invested Commercial Enterprise (FICE)

The advantages of the WFOE

The advantages of a WFOE included these advantages:
·         Independence and freedom of implementation of an international strategy without being dependent on a Chinese partner
·         Capacity has to manage officially all the business operations of the company and to charge it rmb
·         Protection intellectual of the knowledge and the technology
·         No need of license of Import / Export for its own products
·         Total control in its strategy of recruitment
·         More effective operations, management and future development.
·         The investors do not any more need to establish an office(desk) of representation during two years before creating a WFOE

Fields of activity of a WFOE

One of the most importing problems of a WFOE is the definition of its field of activity. The field of activity needs to be defined and the WFOE can only exercise the activity defined in its license of activity.
Every change of activity requires a change of the statuses. Inevitably, there is a negotiation with the authorities to accept a wider field of activity.
Generally the inclusive field of activity, investment consulting, international economic consulting, trade consulting, marketing information and consulting, corporate promotion consulting management, technology consulting, manufacturing, etc.


2014年5月7日星期三

Consulting in China

It became commonplace for more and more companies come from any horizons to come to become established in China. Very often for very simple reasons or which seem obvious: whether it is for reasons of costs; opportunities of opening of new markets or the optimization of a value for money. Even if it can seem simple, the path is strewed with discoveries and with diverse complications.

Importance of consulting in China


We have to face the numerous unforeseen and the cultural differences which can very fast be transformed into real assault course.
It is better to have set clearly its goals before launching. The Chinese market is not only very vast is governed by fiscal, legal standards, quality requirements, historic past etc. China and the Chinese will make for you no present in your wish implant you on their territory. Always keep in head that China does not need you, it is you who come to look for your happiness there!
Be surrounded well or advised by consultants having a serious experience of China and its way of functioning. Consulting in China is crucial. Whether it is by contacts with Chinese whom you are next for some time (called Guanxi) or by Westerners having good notions of ground by a certain control of the language in particular, or by an on-the-spot work experience.

Be assisted by consulting in China

Never hesitate to call on to embassies, chambers of commerce, consulting companies or consulates which can put you in connection with reliable persons and which will indulge to do a service to you.
If after this first phase of analysis and discovery of the Chinese market you wish to pass in the phase of presence of your activity; whether it is of production, R*D, offices, Representation office or others, it is warmly recommended to you to call on to companies of consultancy service under construction and presence.




2013年4月24日星期三

Beverage industry coming sales season

After entering the spring, is often the beverage industry sales season, more companies will compete for season. Recently, master, Pepsi brands such as green tea, soft drinks, Coke has taken "extra fares" promotion, expand our beverage sales season battle for first wave markets.

Champoux beverage industry analysts pointed out that while "extra fares" approach is not uncommon in the food industry, beverage industry in China is another thoughtful. Because under pressure from product raw material and labor costs surged in recent years, in 2011, PepsiCo, and master a variety of plastic bottles of carbonated, fruit juice or "no price reduction."

Drink promotions of the company has changed its usual attitude disguised price cuts in the near future, upstream raw materials such as PET particles, concentrated fruit juice and white sugar price correction will not, and in order to stimulate industry recovery in the sales season this year, because the Chinese beverage industry last year growth trends slowed, or even in three months in the first quarter of this year, that trend has continued.