Six Trends in Brand Integration for the Year of the Rat

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Spring Festival marketing in China typically includes references to many of the deeply entrenched customs associated with the holiday, while also reflecting broader changes in social habits, consumption and technology that may conflict with and change those very traditions.  Read More

CBI News Wrap: Spring Festival Collaborations, WeChat Paywalls

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Gift boxes are big business during the Spring Festival, and collaborations with popular IP can help brands stand out in a crowded field.  Read More

Short-Video App Kuaishou Takes on China’s Tech Giants for the Lunar New Year

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Over the past five years, China’s Spring Festival holiday has become a battleground among the country’s biggest internet companies, and as new technologies such as short video become increasingly popular, the fronts are shifting. Read More

CBI Case Study: Disney’s “Year of Mickey” Campaign Goes High-End With Gucci Collaboration 

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Gucci’s latest collaboration stands out as the most extensive to date between the Italian fashion house and Disney’s cartoon empire. Read More

CBI Video: Apple Hits Up Hollywood for Latest Chinese Spring Festival Film

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For the third straight year, Apple is marking China’s biggest holiday with a touching film shot through the lens of the latest generation iPhone Read More

CBI News Wrap: Spring Festival Campaigns, Entertainment Awards

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Spring Festival marketing efforts are in full swing, with brands releasing a slew of limited edition products, gift boxes and branded films to mark the coming Year of the Rat, along with special events around the holiday. Read More

How Tencent Is Gearing Up to Celebrate the Lunar New Year With Brands

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Last month, Tencent released a comprehensive marketing overview of how it will deploy its extensive media resources to help brands to increase their visibility during the crowded, and increasingly digital, holiday season. Read More

Lunar New Year Box Office: The Biggest Week Ever

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Moviegoing in China during the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday has become essential recreation for many Chinese families in recent years.  The past two years in particular have each established new box office records for the highest grossing seven-day period in any single territory. The largest daily totals occur on the first day of the Read More

V-Day Box Office: La La, xXx Win ♥♥♥, Earn $$$

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xXx and La La Land benefit from a Valentine’s Day box office boom. Chinese moviegoers got in the holiday spirit, pre-booking seats for a Valentine’s Day screening of La La Land in Beijing. (Courtesy Weibo) Date-night at Chinese cineplexes propelled the box office on Valentine’s Day to an estimated RMB 384 million ($55.9 million) in ticket Read More

On Screen China: ‘Mermaid’ Makes Billion-Yuan Splash in Just 4 Days

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After just four days in theaters, "The Mermaid" has grossed an estimated RMB 1 billion ($152.4 million), the biggest four-day start on record. Read More