Friday, May 17, 2013

My latest case L’Oréal in China: Marketing Strategies for Turning Around Chinese Luxury Cosmetic Brand Yue Sai” is out!

This case was written with Haiyang Yang, INSEAD PhD 2013, who will join the Carey School of Management of John Hopkins University in July 2013. 

This multimedia case study contains video interviews and television commercials which can be viewed at www.insead.edu/facultyresearch/loreal-china

Instructors can order the case and teaching note from www.ecch.com. The teaching note contains the username and password that instructors will use to access a lot of additional information, including interviews of the Alexis Perakis-Valat, the CEO of L'Oréal China, Stéphane Wilmet, the General Manager of Yue Sai, Ronnie Liang, Yue Sai's marketing director, and interviews of consumers, retailers, and journalist about Yue Sai’s bold repositioning and its strong results. The website also contains an extensive PowerPoint presentation for instructors. 


The case allows students to better understand the challenges of doing business in China, including how cultural beliefs and rising national pride influence Chinese consumers’ attitudes toward Chinese and Western luxury brands. It also addresses important general business dilemmas, such as (1) the need to adapt to local markets and (2) the trade-off between functional and lifestyle value propositions.

The case can be used in an undergraduate, MBA, or executive education course on marketing management, marketing strategy, brand management, international marketing, international business, or other related subject. A Chinese version of the case will be available shortly.

Enjoy the case!




 

Friday, May 3, 2013

Interview on Télématin (France2) about package sizes and shapes

Here is a link to my May 1 interview on French TV on why today's large and especially designed soda cups and glasses make us drink more than we realize (in French).