China Spotlight

The Hot Pot team share key consumer, branding and e-commerce updates from the world’s most dynamic economy

Jonathan Smith 7 January 2020
While I have always been excited and energised by the day to day of running a business,...
Strategy News View post - Reflections on 2019 from Hot Pot CEO Jonathan Smith
Jonathan Smith 8 November 2019
This coming Monday is November 11th. For China this means only one thing – retail. 11.11...
Strategy Beauty Retail View post - 11.11 Singles Day predictions from hot Pot China
Jonathan Smith 6 November 2019
NARS Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary in Shanghai On 10th September 2019, the Shiseido...
Strategy Beauty Retail View post - NARS orgasm collection: Shanghai O2O case study
Jonathan Smith 18 October 2019
Little Red Book, one of China’s foremost UGC (user-generated content) platforms,...
Strategy Beauty Retail View post - What’s next for Little Red Book?
Jonathan Smith 12 August 2019
What’s New in China Online-to-Offline (O2O)? Last month, the “Tmall Ideal Life Club”...
Jonathan Smith 5 February 2019
First published in Essential Retail here The Lunar New Year, taking place this year on 5...
Jonathan Smith 5 February 2019
First published in Campaign here. Navigating the Lunar New Year Marketing Minefield ...
Strategy Retail View post - Navigating the Lunar New Year Marketing minefield
Jonathan Smith 28 January 2019
Article first published by Hot Pot in The Drum here. Burberry’s first-ever Chinese New...
Strategy Retail View post - Why Burberry’s Chinese New year campaign doesn’t hit the spot
Jonathan Smith 15 September 2018
Overview In September, Hot Pot were invited by Google to present at their...
News View post - Hot Pot presents at 2018 Google APAC retail summit, Shanghai