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Blemish Balm or Beauty Balm (BB) and Color Correcting (CC) creams
grew in popularity over the past few years for this very reason they
provide both cosmetic and skin care benefits.
L'Oral in China is the second largest beauty and skin care player after P&G.
L'Oral is present in China with almost all of its brands except Body Shop as
Chinese regulation requires cosmetics to be tested on animals.
In 2008 China was the 7th largest market for L'Oral,and now it is 3rd largest.
Lancome and Maybelline are number 1 in their respective categories.
L'Oral
Luxury Consumer
Product Product
Division Division
Maybellin
Rubinstei Shu Georgio L'Oral
Lancome Biotherm Helena Kiehls e New Garnier Yeu Sai
n Uemera Armani Paris
York
Yue Sai
Strategy
Because of its strong distribution and moderate prices, Yue Sai was placed in Consumer Product
Division (CPD)
CPD tried to apply marketing strategy that has proven record world wide: technology and
celebrity endorsement.
The Luxury Division Years (2006-2010)
Chinese Loreal Paris strategy did not produce the intended results for
Yue Sai.
Brand was constantly losing sales and awareness
In 2006, Yue Sai was transferred to Luxury Product Division.
LPD immediately started promoting Yue Sai with a famous Taiwanese
movie star, Shu Qi
Loreal China research center focused on producing products for
Chinese skin care.
New campaign was launched Modern Chinese Women featuring
Chinese super model Du Juan - tagline I hold my future in my
hands
To strengthen the luxury image Yue Sais prices were notched higher
than L'Oral Paris.
Product availability at cosmetic stores like Sephora.
Yue Sais lackluster performance was spoiling the picture,
from 2005 to 2010 its sales barley improved.
31 Million in 2005 to 31 Million in 2010
Shanghai
Hefei
Cosmetic Brands in Multi Brand Beauty
Chains
Watson
Sephora
Small Stores Carrying Cosmetic Brands
Five Facts On Indian Beauty Market -
L'Oral
1. DRIVEN BY CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND BOLLYWOOD
Indians are incredibly interested in beauty and personal care. LOral first entered the
Indian market in 1994, offering premium products to urban clientele that could afford it.
By the year 2020, LOral aims to have a client base of over 150 million people in India
four times more than what it is now.