2015-02-02 15:39

 

Air purifier industry set off the Internet revolution

 

CNDSN February 2nd news [] (HC network air conditioning and refrigeration) 2014 performance in the China electrical appliances market overall radical decline background, air purifier industry is in high speed development. Once before a survey data, air purifier products rate of more than 40% in the popular in Europe and the United States, in South Korea's popularity rate achieves 70%, 27% in Japan, and in the Chinese only 2%. The huge market, so many domestic and foreign brands coveted.

Growing market demand make numerous manufacturer foray into the field of air purifier. The production of air purifiers manufacturers are also more and more, the early years are confined to a few big brands, now all kinds of beyond count. In 2010, Chinese air purifier manufacturers not to 50, more than 100 in 2011, more than 200 stores by 2012 2013, more than 300. But 2014 has soared to more than 400.

Although the air purifier brands on the market saturated, but the newcomers these still can not stop the air purifier industry. From the beginning of 2013, Haier, Hisense, beautiful, TCL and other domestic appliances manufacturers have set foot in the air purifier industry, and earlier in the field Sharp, Philips, LG, Samsung and other foreign manufacturers competing for market share.

The domestic home appliance giants have to extend the industrial chain to the field of air purifier. At the beginning of the year, Haier air launched the "air box", opened from air conditioners to leapfrog the layout of air box. In August, the U. S. air-conditioning announced manufacturing transition to air service providers from the air, and one breath introduced a variety of new products such as air conditioning, air purifier. Previously, Gree air conditioning has been quietly through the song of this one new brand, launched air purifier and water purifying machine and other products. At the same time, Aux group at the beginning of this year also to air-conditioning division as the main form the Aux appliance group, and began to examine the more diversified expansion project, including air purifier market.

Not only domestic enterprises began to enter the air purifier, many foreign brands are to divide a cup of a thick soup. In 2014 May, Muji has been walking the self brand operation mode (MUJI) was first introduced in third party BLAMUDA appliance brand was introduced, the product is a kind of air purifier. In the Muji's website, the air purifier ", marking the first paragraph China". In September, Japan's well-known home appliance brands Fujitsu general issued a no need to replace the filter net of air purifier, and very carefully to this new world's ceremony in Shanghai. In November, the production of water heater of famous A.O. Smith also want to sell the transboundary air purifier. A.O. Smith, senior vice president, global Chinese area president Ding Wei said, A.O. Smith will launch the air purifier products to the market in the first quarter of next year China.

As the Internet enterprises to enter, the air purifier industry has also set off a wave of the Internet revolution, has Internet enterprises to join in the industry of air purifier. In 2014 March, and 360 by TCL launched air purifier products; in July, Lenovo launched an air purifier products through the Internet subsidiary; October, millet released report said to begin to do air purifier; and in this month, the cheetah mobile publishing "leopard meters air purification master", and began the pre-sale price 998 yuan. The science and technology website shell network also launched a called "small egg" intelligent air purifier products, pricing 1984 yuan and all the chips in the Jingdong crowdfunding platform. But also in Jingdong crowdfunding platforms crowdfunding "Three Fathers" air purifier has created 29 days financing over tens of millions of dollars of domestic crowdfunding project records. Subsequently, new communication will be held December 9th millet, introduced the theme of "wind" of the first air purifier products, pricing 899 yuan.

Internet companies do cleaner has three main reasons: one is the purifier market demand is large; two is the purifier technical threshold industry than other industries is low; three is the Internet enterprise has the special advantage in marketing, sales channels, user experience. These are the "Internet" nature of the enterprise also began to launch air purifier products, including small egg, millet, cheetah and so on, three father air purifier is financing million in Jingdong crowdfunding in. Join the new force, the biggest characteristic is to emphasize the "price", screen price millet air purifier price of 899 yuan, 149 yuan, let many industry enterprises surprise. They began by trying to cut method, to ensure that their current sales performance.

In the market driven, no matter is the Internet enterprises, IT enterprises and traditional household electrical appliance enterprises have joined into the empty net product research and development, more and more enterprises begin to deeply involved in or is the beginning of the layout of air purifier market. *

(original title: air purifier industry set off the Internet revolution 2014 suppliers over 400)

Editor: small Shen