Hot Pot Blog — Hot Pot China (8)

Jonathan Smith 12 February 2020

The role of offline in China’s digital-first market

Hot Pot’s CEO and Founder, Jonathan Smith, recently spoke at the event Building Brand...

Retail View post - The role of offline in China’s digital-first market

Jonathan Smith 21 January 2020

Chinese brands are growing in influence and global brands must take discerning Chinese...

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