“ Her Economy ”: Five Trends in the Background of New Consumption Upgrade
According to the 2017 China Woman's Consumption Survey, more than half of women believe that their income levels are comparable or similar to their spouses, and nearly half of women's personal consumption accounts for more than one-third of household income. The change of “Women's Day” to “Goddess Day” and “Queen's Day” originated from the university campus and became a marketing tool for businesses to cater to women, especially young women – almost all businesses have abandoned the word “women” in marketing copywriting, which is replaced by "Queen" and "Goddess". The above interesting changes are also the performance of domestic women's economic status and consumption levels.
In this context, female consumption has spawned a new term “her economy”, which refers to the unique economic circle and economic phenomenon formed around women's financial management and consumption. According to PR Newswire's data on nearly 20,000 corporate news articles published by Chinese companies in the past year, in 2019, the “her economy” market will face new consumption upgrades, and female consumers are pursuing higher quality products and services, while stimulating companies with "her economy" as the main market to continuously innovate products and marketing concepts. In view of the considerable potential of China's female economic market, it has become a top priority for businesses to understand and grasp the female consumer preferences and trends under the tide of “her economy”.
1. Behind the "actively single" is the enthusiasm of Chinese women's economic independence. "Her economy" is growing rapidly.
According to the "China Women's Development Program (2011-2020)" published by the National Bureau of Statistics, the proportion of female employed persons in the whole society in 2016 was 43.1%, exceeding the target of 40%. According to the 2017 China Women's Consumption Survey Report, 52.4% of women believe that income levels are comparable/similar to their spouses; financial independence and income growth have gradually released female consumer demand, and nearly half of women's personal consumption accounts for more than 1/3 of household income. According to the "Airbnb China Women's Community in China" report, in 2018, Chinese female landlords accounted for more than half of the total number of landlords. The data released by Airbnb in early March also proves the economic status of women from the side.
The result of women’s economic independence Reverse Umbrella is the rapid growth of “Her economy”. Jingdong Data Research Institute's "Female Consumer Report - 2017 Jingdong Women's Book" pointed out that from 2014 to 2016, the number of female users who placed orders in Jingdong on the "double 11" day increased more than four times, and the consumption increased nearly 5 times. The "Double 11" report published by the E-Commerce Research Center showed that female consumers contributed nearly 70% of the total online retail sales of nearly 254 billion yuan that day. According to estimates by Guotai Junan and other securities companies, it is expected that by 2019 this year, the overall market size of “her economy” is expected to reach 4.5 trillion yuan. In the eyes of the industry, the strong female consumer demand market has become the “wind in the mouth” of the continuous growth of the consumer industry, and female consumers have also become the main force to promote the continued growth of the future economy.
2. As "Appearance value economy" blowout, beauty makeup and medical beauty market continues to be sought after.
Coco Chanel once said, “A woman who does not spray perfume has no future.” The word may represent the direction of “Her economy” growth. Beauty is the nature of women.
In the field of beauty makeup, consulting firm and accounting firm previously released a report showing that the global beauty makeup industry sales in 2017 had reached 412 billion euros, and the compound annual growth rate from 2012 to 2017 is 3.9%. The agency predicted that the global beauty makeup industry would grow further in the future, with a compound annual growth rate of 5%, and annual sales would exceed 500 billion euros by 2021. Among them, skin care products accounted for about 27% of the total sales of the global beauty makeup industry, amounting to 111.24 billion euros, and makeup products of 57.68 billion euros.
In addition, China has developed into the largest market for masks in the world. In 2017, China's mask market has successfully up to 20 billion Yuan sales, accounting for 47% of the global mask market. According to the China Industrial Research Institute, the mask market in China will be growing rapidly in the next few years and it is estimated that the Chinese facial mask retail market will exceed 30 billion Yuan in 2022.
In addition to beauty makeup, "Appearance value economy" has also made medical beauty gradually popularized. The data from ISAPS (International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery) confirms that China has become the third largest medical beauty country in the world, after the United States and Brazil.
3.Women are more willing to meet their "exquisite life".
With the continuous improvement of the economic level, modern women are gaining recognition for their personal values by pursuing a more qualitative life. From the past family consumption to upgrade to Personalized Umbrellas personalization, to pursuit fashion, exquisite, healthy life, comprehensive intelligence Wholesale Umbrellas and so on. The consumption structure of the multiple demand trends together is a feature of "Her economy." The research report of Essence Securities shows that the pursuit of value and quality has gradually become the main theme of women's consumption in the new era. Therefore, in order to meet the change of the female consumers’ psychology and consumption habits, businesses have begun to pay more attention to the brand value and story meaning behind the goods.
4. Female groups have become important participants and promoters of tourism, and the hotel industry is deeply concerned about female preferences.
The booming “Her economy” has also increased the number of women’s travels and expenses per year. The data shows that the average annual travel frequency of female users has increased from 3.4 times in 2015 to 5.7 times in 2017, and the average annual travel cost has increased from 2,424 yuan in 2015 to 4,680 yuan in 2017.
The latest statistics from the Mama Travel Network also show that the proportion of women in the tourist user portrait is 58.6%, and the total number of female users in the 18-34 age group accounts for more than 60%. In addition, orders for two or more people accounted for 74.4% of the total, and short-distance tourism orders for 1-3 days accounted for 60.29%. It can be seen that the female group is becoming an important participant in tourism, and the accompanying and short-distance travel is increasingly sought after.
"Airbnb China Women's Community in China" report released in March this year also pointed out that female travelers also play a decisive role in travel. More than half of travel bookings are dominated by women, especially for outbound travel bookings, which are mainly done by women.
Among them, from the perspective of travel destinations, the top ten domestic travel destinations for female travellers include Shanghai, Chengdu, Chongqing, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Xi'an, Xiamen, Suzhou. The top ten favorite overseas and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan cities that female travellers most like include Osaka, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Bangkok, Taipei, Kyoto, Seoul, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Kuala Lumpur.
In short, whether it is to meet the material needs of female consumers, or to meet the spiritual needs, in the face of "Her economy", businesses in various industries have been changing according to changes in the market, from the perspective of women, to deeply segment the market, to enrich the female consumer market, to study and develop new products, to provide more personalized and humanized goods and services, and continuously to enhance the market experience of “Her economy”. The reason is that the prospect of “Her economy” is extremely attractive – the Economist Intelligence Unit EIU released the Asian Women Online Shopping Research Report in 2014, which mentioned that there are 41% of Asian women, who will also buy something for their family when they found themselves buying too much, due to guilt. In mainland China, the proportion of women who buy something for their husbands, children and parents owing to guilt is 67%. Even the sense of lingering can be a driving force of consumption It shows the huge potential of the female consumer market. It is no wonder that Ma Yun said: “Women will become the real consumer dominaters in the future, now it is just beginning.”
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