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Brand Marketing Chinese Consumer Behavior Marketing Strategy

How Brands Leverage the Craze of 618 to Market to the Chinese Shoppers

618 is not just another random lucky number for Chinese like 338, 888 that you might be thinking. It is the second-biggest shopping festival in China, after the Double Eleven. If you want to tap into the Chinese consumer’s market, the first thing you need to know about are their major shopping festivals which represent […]

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Brand Marketing Chinese Consumer Behavior Marketing Strategy

Unlock the Magic Behind 520 in Marketing to the Chinese Audience

520, when pronounced in Mandarin Chinese (wǔ’èrlíng), sounds similar to the words “I love you” (wǒ ài nǐ). Therefore, the number 520 is typically used as a trendy way to say “I Love You“ in China. May 20th, presented as 520, is widely celebrated as another Chinese Valentine’s Day in the country and also by […]

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Brand Marketing Chinese Consumer Behavior Marketing Strategy

Marketing Opportunity for Children’s Day in the Chinese Community

On Which day of the year do you celebrate Children’s Day? The answer could be very different depends not only on where you are but also on your cultural background.    In Canada, National Children’s Day is on November 20th while Americans generally celebrate Children’s Day on the second Sunday in June or October 8th. […]

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Brand Marketing Industry Trends

Multicultural to the Mainstream: CMUST 2019

Since 2004, the Canadian Media Usage Study (CMUST) has provided marketers with guiding insights on how Canadians across the country consume media. A highly anticipated annual report, this research document is the brain child of Rob Young, PHD Media’s Senior VP of Planning Services. He retires this year after four decades shaping the industry, as […]

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Brand Marketing COVID-19 Marketing Strategy

Brand Building During the COVID-19 Outbreak

In extraordinary times like these, successful brands strike the right tone with consumers and carefully balance cause marketing with sales messaging.