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Q: what new shopping trends might work in China?
Would poundland work or other extreme low budget shops work in China? What about a low cost clothing store( primark to use a UK example)?
What other new concepts might work in china that aren't in china yet, or have little presence?
9 years 1 week ago in Business & Jobs - China
I guess poundland could be opened here as a place for people to buy items that are of superior quality than the local stuff.
Lord_hanson:
I wouldn't want to see the line up at a brothel that only charges a pound. I would have nightmares for life.
I would rate food quality (or lack off) at number one.
China needs a "farm" brand, with quality assured food. Not organic, but similar to the organic trade that has developed in the west. A place to buy beef from cattle that has been looked after, chickens that have not been eating shit, fish from clean water, and greens that have been grown in good soil.
A chain of "homestead farm" shops would do well, if it could be proven to people that the produce is high quality. Difficult, but much needed.
China already has the equivalent of poundland. In the same malls as Jusco (Aeon?) there are now 10 kuai shops selling the same kind of junk as poundland.
Primark? Go to any older area of cities & you'll see stalls & shops selling really cheap low quality clothes.
Eorthisio:
Yep, Miniso and other "100yen shops" from Japan that are popping everywhere these days in China. They are unbeatable, that's when you realize the gigantic margins made by Chinese retailers, even on the low end Japanese chains offer "higher quality while remaining cheaper" products than your local Chinese shop selling cheap junk.
Chances are the government will kick them out soon or late since local retailers can't compete.
I thought that maybe a Costco/Sam's Club might be good. You would have to provide delivery of goods since many do not have cars to load up. And, maybe a Home Depot type of store for one stop shopping. I was also curious if a drive thru type of place be a good business. Starbuck, McD's type drive thru.
Shining_brow:
OMG... the roads are bad enough with the drivers and e-bikers... what would it be like at a drive-thru???
ScotsAlan:
It would not be a drive through... it would be a drive in.... through the windows 
Eorthisio:
It's not beautiful at gas stations already, people here can't line up on foot or with cars.
kikikillercat:
Already have Sam's club in china.............and a lot of Walmarts.
jetfire9000:
If I'm not mistaken, Home Depot was a failure here too. A high price on home decoration has become widely accepted. Few people possess the know how to do decorations and modifications themselves. And labor is (or has been) cheap. Why do it yourself when you can hire a Zhuangxiu Dui? While most chains have a China strategy, I think Home Depot should have recognized that their China strategy needed to wait until labor wages rise enough to make personal projects become a trend. They didn't realize that however and failed pretty miserably here.
jetfire9000:
Drive Thru's are making an appearance in China at the moment - Mc Donald's mainly. They're extremely innovative when it comes to translating concepts into Chinese. They call their drive-thru a 得来速 "De Lai Su" I don't think Starbucks will try simply because Chinese don't like coffee for the road, they get it to conduct meetings (personal or business related) or to socialize.
Another concept I think that would fail here is the personal checkout machine. I can't imagine people checking themselves out and scanning their own items like you can do in Kroger stores in America.
Ikea was pretty unique when they encouraged Chinese to sleep on their furniture all day, but now they've revoked that rule and are going in the opposite direction. They don't want to be a free pit stop for weary shoppers, they're a business after all.
I think most examples show that China is a traditional market and it resists change. It's difficult for change to succeed here. I'd go out on a limb and say the only major innovation that has really took off here has been that of internet shopping.
I guess poundland could be opened here as a place for people to buy items that are of superior quality than the local stuff.
Lord_hanson:
I wouldn't want to see the line up at a brothel that only charges a pound. I would have nightmares for life.
