Marketing consulting

Product survey
Product survey includes two-side survey which includes the inside and outside 
characteristics of product. The two-side survey specifically includes the survey 
on raw material resource, product processing and production craft and production 
capability; the survey on color, structure, volume, style, characteristic of 
product; the survey on the product sales unit, packaging design, price 
characteristic, durability; the survey on product life cycle, seasonal 
requirements, frequency of usage; customers’ memory degrees, favor degree to 
product, corporate brand and product brand; the survey on the products of 
competitors.
Through the comprehensive survey on the all kinds aspects of product, we can 
find out whether the product is suitable for consumers’ needs, whether the 
product is the best product in consumers’ minds, whether the product can bring 
consumers satisfaction and whether we can develop new usage and new market for 
the product. 

Industry study
Industry study is a kind of mixed study between field study and market study. It 
combines the elites of field study and market study. So industry study belongs 
to enterprise strategy research. Generally speaking, the core contents of the 
industry study include the following three aspects: 
Firstly, it studies the surviving environment of the industry, the industry 
policy, the industry layout, the industry life cycle, the position of the 
industry in the whole macro industry structure and its developing and evolving 
trends, as well as its growing background.
Secondly, it studies the market characteristics, the competitive situation, the 
difficulty of market entry/exit, and the market growth of various industries.
Thirdly, it studies the competitive strategy and market behavior model of 
various industries under different conditions and different grown-up periods so 
that it can provide enterprise some practical advices. 
Therefore, the meaning of industry study is not to instruct how to do the 
marketing operation, but is to provide enterprise some guides and references, so 
that the enterprise can avoid some “direction” mistakes. 

Consumer study
Consumer study refers to consumption market study. It is the basic and the main 
part of the commodity market studies that is applied most in the market 
investigation field. Consumer study includes consumer basic characteristics 
study, consumption behavior study and consumption motivation study. Consumer 
study is often conducted by commodity enterprises, especially the public 
commodity enterprises. 
Consumer market study refers to studying the basic aspects such as the market 
environment (politics, law, society, culture, and technology), population 
characteristics, life style, economy level, applying all kinds of market 
investigation technology and methods to study the wants and needs of the 
consumer group through cognition, attitude, motivation, selection, decision, 
buying and usage.  

Competitor study
Competitor study could help enterprises comprehensively understand the updated 
market situation, analyze competitors’ operation situation, understand the 
updated operation level of competitors in aspects of strategy, marketing, 
channel, Human resources, service, product and finance. It could provide 
comprehensive and precise intelligence support for enterprises during their 
market entrance period and period exterior competition investigation.
Competitor study also helps clients identify their current competitors, discover 
the potential competitors, understand the competitive capability to grasp the 
change situation of competitor. Competitor study can design the efficient 
competitive strategy and tactics advices for clients. 

Business circle study
Business circle study has four basic aspects which are business circle range 
confirmation, business circle survey, information analysis and study results. It 
is an indispensable and significant premise to carry out retailing activities. 
Business circle study specifically refers to exerting the targeted market 
investigation method, analyzing and studying the population structure, 
competition environment, consumption characteristics, purchasing power of the 
business circle, providing reference and support for the relative strategic 
decisions based on the object data and facts.
The business circle study can help enterprises understand the following 
contents: to confirm the location of a new shop and business circle area, to 
evaluate the market opportunity of the business circle and development 
potential, to understand the purchasing behavior and purchasing power of the 
consumers, to understand the characteristics of the customers and the target 
market, to understand the characteristics of the competitors, to provide the 
guiding reference of the marketing strategy, to obtain the other relevant data. 

Marketing strategy planning
Generally, the contents of the marketing strategy planning cover sales model, 
sales channel, sales spots, pricing, promotion, balancing, sales service and 
etc. Based on the product marketing strategy, the designed marketing strategy 
covers product strategy portfolio, channel strategy portfolio, pricing strategy 
portfolio, promotion strategy portfolio, public relations strategy portfolio, 
and political power strategy portfolio.
Marketing strategy planning applies to the market fiercely competitive products. 
It studies the marketing relevant strategy during products entering into market 
and enhancing sales shares. 

Branding strategy planning
Branding strategy planning is a comprehensive management in which it mobilizes 
the capability of the whole enterprise and focuses on brand to implement the 
management of customer purchasing cognition and purchasing procedures. Brand 
planning covers auditing the brand’s current situation, confirming brand 
benchmark, brand SWOT analysis, brand positioning, brand characteristics 
buildup, establishing brand’s core value and brand equity, planning brand 
grown-up procedures and brand performance management.

Sales channel planning
The sales channel planning requires analyzing consumers’ needs, setting up 
channel objectives, understanding the main channel alternation proposal, 
selecting channel member, designing channel management system and so on.