CASE STUDY
Evaluating Portfolio Brand Strategies against Consumer Needs and Sensitivities, for a Global Luxury Group
The client, a leading global luxury group, manages a large portfolio of luxury brands that are at different stages of development and success in the China market; in order to guide brand-specific strategies and prioritize group investment across the brands, the client wanted a detailed understanding of the drivers and behavior for luxury consumers across Tier 1, 2 and 3 cities in China.
Solutions
- Evaluated drivers of luxury purchasing across cities
- Identification of key psychographics and purchasing drivers associated with each group
- Detailed definition of what ‘status’ means across cities and key psychographics
- Mapping of consumer approaches to marketing channels
- Evaluated consumer sensitivities towards retail operations
- Evaluation of global vs. domestic purchasing behavior
- Mapping of approaches to luxury categories
- Mapping of approaches to logo vs. no logo products
- Evaluation of consumer sensitivities towards store concepts and service levels
- Mapping of key challenges faced by client brands and evaluation of growth opportunities based on consumer behavior and sensitivities
- Mapping of each brand’s performance across target cities
- Creation of high level geographic strategies for each brand based on consumer demand
- Identification of key marketing messages, assortment, etc. to emphasize in each key geography
- Prioritization of brands for the group to invest in for short and mid-term expansion
Methodology
- SmithStreet conducted over 300 in-depth consumer interviews (home visits) with luxury consumers across 10 cities in China, covering a mix of current, lapsed, and non-users across the client’s brands
Our Process
Market Drivers Evaluation
Mapping of consumers by key psychographics and approaches
Consumer Sensitivities Evaluation
Evaluations by diversified dimensions
Growth Opportunity Identification
Strategies creation
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