Trending in China

Explore what’s trending in China’s consumer market, AI, ecommerce, retail innovation, and digital ecosystem through expert insights and keynotes.

Pechoin 95 skincare gift set

Pechoin: How a Century-Old Chinese Skincare Brand Made Itself Relevant Again

Pechoin made itself relevant again through a coordinated reset: it turned heritage into a usable product asset, reformulated familiar lines around efficacy, invested in research credibility, and rebuilt discovery around China’s social-commerce system. Attractive packaging helped, but it was not the full mechanism.  The deeper change connected cultural identity to formulas, price tiers, livestreaming, and […]

Pechoin: How a Century-Old Chinese Skincare Brand Made Itself Relevant Again Read More »

CHANDO retail store signage

CHANDO: How Science, Scale and Local Consumer Insight Built a Chinese Skincare Giant

CHANDO became a major Chinese beauty brand by building a coordinated business around affordable skincare. Himalayan ingredients gave it a recognizable identity. Proprietary research, large-scale production, digital commerce, and extensive offline distribution helped turn that identity into a mass-market business. Its growth shows how a domestic brand can translate local consumer knowledge into products, price

CHANDO: How Science, Scale and Local Consumer Insight Built a Chinese Skincare Giant Read More »

KANS red peptide skincare range with toner, serum, lotion, cream, and cleanser

KANS: How Douyin and Anti-Aging Science Built a Chinese Skincare Giant

KANS became a major Chinese skincare brand through a tightly connected system: Douyin created discovery and conversion, the Red Waistline concentrated demand, and peptide research gave the brand a more defensible anti-aging story.  Attractive red packaging helped recognition, but it does not explain the scale. The deeper advantage came from connecting short-form entertainment, livestream sales,

KANS: How Douyin and Anti-Aging Science Built a Chinese Skincare Giant Read More »

PROYA red skincare product lineup on a red background

PROYA: How R&D and Consumer Insight Built a Chinese Skincare Leader

PROYA became a Chinese skincare leader through a repeatable commercial system: identify a precise skin concern, turn it into a science-led hero product, explain the benefit clearly on Tmall and Douyin, then improve the line with new research. Attractive packaging supports discovery, but research conversion and channel learning explain more of the brand’s scale.  The

PROYA: How R&D and Consumer Insight Built a Chinese Skincare Leader Read More »

Elegant skin care product display with flowers and gold decor

20 Best Chinese Skincare Brands Driving the Next Wave of C-Beauty

Chinese skincare has moved decisively beyond the “affordable alternative” label. In 2025, domestic Chinese skincare brands dominate Tmall’s top 10 beauty rankings, with several surpassing international competitors in both revenue and consumer trust.  The shift reflects systematic investment in dermatological research, biotechnology, and ingredient transparency—not merely packaging upgrades. Here are the 20 brands defining this

20 Best Chinese Skincare Brands Driving the Next Wave of C-Beauty Read More »

Models wearing Perfect Diary makeup looks

Perfect Diary: What China’s Digital-Native Beauty Pioneer Learned About Sustainable Growth

Perfect Diary learned that digital reach can create scale quickly, but sustainable growth needs stronger products, repeat demand, disciplined acquisition spending, and better channel economics. The Chinese cosmetics brand, part of the C-Beauty movement and known in China as 完美日记, now sits inside a wider Yatsen transformation built around R&D, hero products, premium skincare, and

Perfect Diary: What China’s Digital-Native Beauty Pioneer Learned About Sustainable Growth Read More »

Models wearing glossy Joocyee lip makeup

Joocyee: How Product-Led Aesthetics Built a New-Generation Chinese Makeup Brand

Joocyee built its place in C-Beauty by making aesthetics part of the product, not a decorative layer. Glazed finishes, tactile textures, wearable color stories, and multiuse formats turn a visual idea into something consumers can see, swatch, and buy.  That model helps explain the 18 million lip units sold globally in 2025 and revenue growth

Joocyee: How Product-Led Aesthetics Built a New-Generation Chinese Makeup Brand Read More »

Two models applying lipstick in a craft-inspired setting

Florasis: How Chinese Cultural Design Became a Global Beauty Language

Florasis has turned Chinese cultural design into a global beauty language through a clear system: recognizable motifs, tactile craftsmanship, performance-led formulas, and retail spaces that let customers experience the story.  The Hangzhou brand, known in China as Huaxizi, treats culture as product architecture rather than seasonal decoration. Its engraved lipsticks, jade-inspired complexion products, embroidery editions,

Florasis: How Chinese Cultural Design Became a Global Beauty Language Read More »

Woman using an eyeshadow palette at a beauty vanity

Girlcult: How Cultural World-Building Creates Distinction in Chinese Beauty

Girlcult has built a distinctive identity through creative coherence. Many of its collections draw on mainstream Chinese cultural sources, including classical texts, mythology, historical inventions, and literary worlds. The brand then interprets these references through surreal imagery, metallic finishes, dark beauty codes, and other visual styles associated with youth subcultures.  This combination makes Girlcult makeup

Girlcult: How Cultural World-Building Creates Distinction in Chinese Beauty Read More »

Judydoll pop-up store with playful beauty product displays

Judydoll: How Product Innovation Is Taking a Chinese Makeup Brand Global

Judydoll is going global through products that make its value visible at first glance. A metal mascara wand, a 0.014 mm eyeliner tip, a multi-use contour palette, and a cooling lip applicator give shoppers concrete reasons to test and share the brand. Joy Group then scales the strongest concepts through fast iteration, accessible prices, social

Judydoll: How Product Innovation Is Taking a Chinese Makeup Brand Global Read More »