China’s biggest brand on its plans to conquer the West
Tencent is China’s biggest brand and it now has its sights set firmly on fuelling growth outside its home market through a focus on content, messaging and major global brand investment
Tencent is China’s biggest brand and it now has its sights set firmly on fuelling growth outside its home market through a focus on content, messaging and major global brand investment
This year’s BrandZ Top 100 sees Chinese brands move down in the rankings, owing also to the banking and oil and gas industries facing pressure. Chinese brands’ average value dropped by 9% versus 2015.
Tourism body VisitBritain is set to launch its largest marketing effort in China as it looks to not only boost tourism from the world’s fastest growing economy, but also to encourage visitors that start and finish their holidays in London to explore other parts of Britain.
As eastern brands seek to carve out a niche in western markets, Marketing Week asks what companies in the West can learn from China’s rising dragons.
As CMOs come under pressure to do more with less, marketing budgets as a percent of company revenue have dropped to 7.7%.
Giffgaff’s marketing strategy director says it is set up to give equal weight to “people, planet and profit”.
Brands shouldn’t try to “construct” a purpose, says Oatly chief creative officer John Schoolcraft, adding that Oatly’s purpose comes “easy” for it.
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