2015-04-08 14:36

 

"Internet +" new gameplay experience Amway China start

 

 

CNDSN (network April 8th News Economic Observer) was "electric shock" of the traditional industry bigwigs are showing a new change, experience economy is re shaping the relationship between electricity providers and entities. "The Internet + concept, has been on the Internet with the entities and gives a more clear division, consumer goods industry will be a large number of terminal data linkage, returned to the terminal, can better to provide personalized, customized services and products.

In March 24, 2015, second Amway layout in China experience center opens in Shenzhen, this is the Internet + in the embodiment of Amway. In fact, in October last year, Amway (China) has been the first attempt was made in Shanghai, now the Shenzhen experience center will continue Shanghai experience center and the concept of service.

Amway entered the Chinese market 20 years, the continued creation of "Chinese characteristics" of the store in the country, but people close to Amway confirmed that Amway's future will no longer be any new traditional store, it is now opened the experience center, it appears as the upgraded version of the store.

"We hope that the store is no longer just a trading, trading places, but more important is a place to attract people to experience." Amway of America president, President of the World Federation of direct selling associations de Devos said, through the upgrading of the physical facilities, can provide better support for the marketing staff to communicate with customers, improve customer stickiness.

"Amway is currently in the global launch of a Amway Next development strategy, hope that in the future more branches have emerged, in this framework, I hope in the next ten years, to make our business doubled again." De Divis said.

In addition to physical stores and experience center, de Devos that "the inevitable trend of the Internet", and should conform to the development and embrace the Internet, "the use of high-tech R & D, production efficiency is enhanced, can be exposed to more consumers, and can more quickly achieved success, and this is also conducive to faster to market launch the new product."

Relative to other peer gather product line, Amway has been a common development across the product line, nutrition and health care products, beauty cosmetics, personal care and household products four series of products, a total of 153 products. Despite 20 years of accumulated experience in operations management, but with the rapid development of electronic commerce in the background, how to embrace the Internet technology, it is an important subject in the face of the old Direct Selling Company Amway. Yan Zhirong, President of the Greater China region Amway frankly, the company set up the relevant departments, to study how to find a suitable way to online shopping gear with direct connect special gear. "If not connected, will become the two aspects of the competition, will deviate from the direction of the direct Amway."

Now, Amway in the Chinese market to promote the "IKEA type" experience center, perhaps through the experience of online shopping and selling strategy between gear is important one annulus.

Solid upgrade

The first Amway last October opened in Shanghai experience center, with an area of over 7500 square meters. At the opening ceremony, Yan Zhirong told the Economic Observer newspaper reporter, direct the congenital advantage is to provide service for the customer and the line experience, hoping to enhance customer experience center enabled, life and sense of emotional connection, so that consumers can be a one-stop, immersed in the experience of Amway products and promote the quality of life. This is the first direct selling companies try to this massive experience center in china.

In China, Amway in the global layout strategy is to rely on marketing personnel, marketing, the establishment of physical stores and advertising, but since 2005 the national introduction of "direct selling regulations" and other laws and regulations, to adapt to China's national conditions, according to the regulations, Amway began to build a solid sales system in china.

This is undoubtedly a great input. Direct selling enterprises in China have never had before advertising, shop investment, has been relying on direct sales network marketing. But it is precisely because of this "forced" initiative, the development of an "Amway stores in China and global economic integration experience, consumers focus on cost-effective products at the same time, the quality of service and subjective experience requirements are also getting higher and higher, service and experience has become an important factor to influence consumer decision-making.

In addition to direct sales system, the entity model is trying to copy to the global marketplace. In 2013, Amway (Germany) the first Amway business center opened in Berlin. At present, including Citigroup is located in the city of New York stadium experience center, Amway in the global four big operators have set up regional experience center.

Now from the China out "the store 2 version of" back to the Chinese. But with the "regression", the China Amway store network expansion is stopped, turn to upgrade shop. "Now the shops have basically meet the needs of the market, the future more or to rely on direct sales network, and find the e-commerce model fit the characteristics of direct marketing." A source close to Amway, told the Economic Observer newspaper reporter.

Continuous opening and now Amway experience center have shown that the entity shop upgrade, not only can the integration of Internet and real experience, but also demonstrate the quality of Amway product lines, the overall presentation of life. "Embrace the Internet, but also to actively implement the new technology and apply it to our business process." De Divis said.

"Internet +"

The real economy is a good "accidental" innovation for Amway, compared to other traditional industries, the world has more than 3000000 direct sales personnel of enterprises in the entity and the Internet "combined" problem more difficult to avoid. "Amway to do is' business', rather than 'e-business'." De Divis stressed, he said Amway will not do the usual sense of the electricity supplier, but to help marketers use Internet technology to improve the efficiency of the industry. "Shopping is a big trend, but as a Direct Selling Company, we can not damage our mutual trust relationship with the marketing staff, this is our commitment to marketing personnel." He said.

"Internet +" this concept was put forward, it shows that people now realize that technology has been integrated into all of life, all people do anything into all business operations." De Divis said, now the Amway Corp has operations in 111 countries and regions, is the use of high-tech tools, allows companies to seamlessly connect the operation in the world, all of this is unthinkable without the high-tech tools.

At the same time, the Internet era Amway as a traditional direct selling enterprises, also faces challenges.

"How can we better collect and analyze now have with customers and the market dynamic correlation data?" De Devos said, any deal will generate a lot of data, the question now is how to analyze the data collected, understand the market better, to pass the data to convey what. "We only have the use of high-tech means, in order to make use of these data, we can share the knowledge into the knowledge base, and to make the right decisions, and finally the implementation, in order to better meet market demand. So the "Internet + 'for me is a more extensive application of high technology."

In his view, the Amway did not so much data analysis, to understand the situation of the market, we must do a lot of speculation and hypothesis, and sometimes have to do a lot of telephone communication, and now with the support of these data, we can better understand the market trends, understand consumer demand. "For these high-tech, we should actively embrace, but also to actively use. And we're getting better and better, so that it can be invincible in the market competition." De Divis said.

Beginning in 2007, Amway launched "in global innovation driven growth strategy", to promote the half century history of the old and the young to realize direct digital transformation. At present, the electronic business platform easy to open network has been preferred customer, products can be purchased directly. From 2014 to mid September, Amway WeChat platform for Beijing Shanghai Guangzhou open to ordinary customers registered customers identity, October have been rolled out across the country.

As of 2014 November, Amway China network purchase ratio reached 20.53%, while in North America, the proportion is as high as 85%, there are 60% Taiwan area Chinese.

The electricity supplier, the line of Amway did not stop. The person close to Amway, told the Economic Observer newspaper reporter, Amway has focused on the promotion plan of the city more than three lines in the interior, the cities including Wuxi, Shantou, Daqing, Tangshan etc..

The expansion of the scope of the region is not only, and the audience. An industry source told the Economic Observer newspaper reporter, this strategy is the development trend of direct selling products based on consumer diversity, different from the previous Amway main customers are concentrated in the population over the age of 35, now young consumers are also potential market for future growth, multi line layout to meet consumer demand, the electricity supplier, micro letters and other Internet tools will be more for the young consumer.

To be in the country to promote the experience center mode, it is expected, in the mature group, Amway is rich in the younger generation identification model, Devos said, "experience is a hardware, there are many different software, many segments of life project will show in the museum experience, no matter what age group, there will be different experience, which is also a direction for the future Amway."

In the past 20 years of development history, Amway Chinese policy had many major adjustments, de Devos said, "of course, all this is because of the change of great market. In this regard, I can say that Amway China to grasp the market dynamics, timely response, and to implement the strategy and operation right. And I also believe that this kind of challenge, innovation gene once will not disappear, in the future will only get better and better." "

(original title: "Internet +" new gameplay experience Amway Chinese start)