MG-Roewe: Capturing A Mass Market With Niche Marketing
MG, Simon, Transportation — March 11, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Props to the guys handling the marketing for MG-Roewe, for they know what we’ve said for some time at enovate: the 80’s generation are not a homogenous mass market. A quick overview of the changing marketing content and tactics show how the MG 3SW was introduced as a mass product for an aspirational white collar worker from the 80’s generation, but overtime (and as MG-Roewe expanded it’s range of models)...
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Analysis: China’s Lively Alcohol Scene
enoVate has been investigating China’s alcohol market. Anyone who is in the industry will understand the attraction...
Nov 2, 2009 13:53
Alcohol, China Design, Creativity and Design, Suntory, Taiwan Beer, Trends and Insights, Tsingtao Beer, Wuliangye
enovate Makes Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies List
Check it out, we (eno and enovate) are the 8th most innovative company in China according to Fast Company and their annual...
Feb 19, 2010 18:41
Miscellaneous
Rian Dundon Photography | “Mastery of English”
22-year-old Beth Tang studies from her English dictionary. Beth grew up in the remote countryside of central China’s...
Jan 11, 2010 10:26
Chinese Youth Studying Abroad, Photography
Shanghai’s Bike Rental System Set to Transform City’s Biking Landscape
We’ve had our eye firmly fixed on bike culture in Chinese society over the past month, charging our ethnographic electrodes,...
Feb 22, 2010 17:35
Joey, Shanghai Forever Bicycle Company, Trends and Insights
Recent Articles
MG-Roewe: Capturing A Mass Market With Niche Marketing
Props to the guys handling the marketing for MG-Roewe, for they know what we’ve said for some time at enovate: the 80’s generation are not a homogenous mass market. A quick overview of the changing marketing content and tactics show how the MG 3SW was introduced as a mass product for an aspirational...
March 11th, 2010 | MG, Simon, Transportation | Read More
John Solomon’s Live Blog From Mobile Youth Malaysia
Enovate director John Solomon is in Kuala Lumpur for Mobile Youth’s Unconference Malaysia. He’ll be alongside Graham Brown (UK), Ian Stewart (Singapore), Muhhamad Faisal (Indonesia), Samyak Chakrabarty (Mumbai), Bernard Hor (Malaysia), and Niki Cheong (Malaysia) discussing all things Asian...
March 11th, 2010 | Events, John | Read More
Shanghai Metro: 9 Million Eyes For Your Brand
Shanghai’s Metro has received a stream of unfavorable publicity over the last months. On December 22, two trains collided. Shanghai’s artery, Line 8, still can’t handle the hordes of passengers. Line 2’s new station, Zhangjiang, proved poorly designed and equally incapable of...
March 10th, 2010 | Jermaine, Transportation | Read More
Novo Mania Recap
Last week eno put on a great show at Novo Mania, China’s first street fashion trade show. The event was spearheaded by Novo, the company that created the Novo concept store in various Chinese cities.
We were honored to have Sonnet (十四行詩), Momo, Little Nature (小自然), Pinkberry, Yin...
March 9th, 2010 | Art, Faye, Music | Read More
enovate and Greennovate Launch 2010 Chinese Youth Green Values Report
Throughout the months of November and December, enovate and Greennovate teamed up to conduct the first ever Chinese youth focused environmental study. In our research efforts, we managed to capture 400 unique Chinese youth voices in our surveys and in-depth interviews. These voices represent China’s...
March 9th, 2010 | Enovate Reports, Green China, Joey | Read More
China In Force At Texas Music Festival
Six of China’s biggest names in rock will be playing Texas’ South by Southwest music festival (aka SXSW). SXSW is easily one of the United States’ biggest festivals. It’s a four day event with over 1,400 performers playing roughly 80 venues.
On March 20, Carsick Cars, P.K. 14,...
March 9th, 2010 | Music, Nick | Read More
This Week’s Theme: Transportation
For this week’s theme, we’ll be looking into all things transportation. Faithful readers will have picked up on our enthusiasm for, and involvement with local bike culture; however, this week we’ll have a much wider scope. Expect cars, scooters, trains, buses, gas-powered, electric-powered,...
March 8th, 2010 | Nick, Transportation | Read More
E-readership On The Rise: Will Cell Phone Novels Replace Books?
We’ve been keeping up with a growing trend: Cell Phone Novels. For more, check out Joey’s article on PSFK.
Cell phone novels (手机小说, Shou Ji Xiao Shuo) have increased in popularity over the years owing to the rise of smart phones, mp3/4 players, PSPs, etc. Their cultural roots...
March 5th, 2010 | Shanda, Simon, Technology | Read More
enovate Launches 2010 China Emerging Consumer Trends Report
enovate is proud to announce the release of our 2010 Chinese Emerging Consumer Trends Report. Read through our press release, check out our teaser slideshare, and sign-up to receive a copy of the full report in your inbox!
CHINA CONSUMER INSIGHTS AND STRATEGY FIRM, ENOVATE, RELEASES TOP 2010 CHINA...
March 2nd, 2010 | Enovate Reports | Read More
Seven For All Mankind: Successful China Brand Buzz 101
LA denim brand ‘7 For All Mankind’ recently launched a new Beijing boutique and with plans for another 3 stores to open within the year, Seven is set to make waves amongst China’s socialites and fashion-forward alike.
7FAM, part of the VF brand family, recently held a party to preview...
February 26th, 2010 | Celebrities in China, Simon, VF brands | Read More
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