Nike shoes when China suffered foreign brand endorsement
"The Shark" show to China
This summer is the off-season sporting event, but a few days, whether it's sports media or the fans are bored with watching one thing - NBA players "big sharks" O'Neal again in China: the
July 11, he played on stage since Concubine Xiang Yu, the Monkey King, and Zhuge Liang, and Chinese traditional culture in harmony; July 12, he wears a mask and show the hip-hop re-appearance, as he was in February in Phoenix ... ...
Despite their absence from their campaign peak, though perhaps in the United States can not be such a courtesy, but the Hall of Fame class is still a superstar in China has exceeded the influence of imagination, which is from his three big waves wherever they went on the can be seen to know, of course, in addition to fans and consumers, the most pleased that the event is undoubtedly the mastermind behind the Li Ning Company, although the "Shark" Chinese line is not over, but they know, but also a beautiful "summer Battle "is nearing completion.
I do not know where to beginning of the year, during summer vacation, the major sports brands will be in China, a large-scale public relations and promotional activities, the activities of the main characters are naturally brand spokesperson, and the choice of foreign celebrities as spokespersons have become customary. When the Chinese domestic brands face "foreign endorsement" will impact, what kind of sparks it?
North Korea's soccer team wearing jerseys China
Some people do not know a sports brand in the World Cup what it means to show his face and did not know how high the threshold of sponsorship. In fact, the World Cup team were basically two major international brands Nike and Adidas monopoly of traditional brands such as Puma, where only "small minority." Although Wu Rong, vice president of ERKE according to the grounds of commercial confidentiality, there is no media sponsored by the Korean team, the company disclosed the specific amount, however, alleged that two million U.S. dollars should be a closer figure.
The World Cup every four years is a global sports event after the Olympic Games, and the Chinese football team with their own poor performance early and bid farewell to the World Cup in South Africa next year, so that no fans concerned about some of the final Asian qualifying ball team. June 18, the Korean soccer team again after an interval of 34 years entered this world football's highest stage, and equally pleased with some from Xiamen, China's local sports brand - ERKE, as the Korean soccer team the equipment is wearing ERKE way through the trials of a World Cup Asian qualifier. South Africa in 2010, North Korea's players will be wearing the same clothes ERKE, running on the pitch in the World Cup.
North Korea must return the old shoes
When a reporter to find ERKE event was removed and the Korean Ministry of team communication Deng Haixia, she on the phone to reporters about the experience of the Beijing Olympics, "DPR Korea to get along very well, I am with." Because ERKE Beijing Olympic Games is not a partner, so that even Deng Haixia is the focal point had not been able to obtain a pass to enter the Olympic stadium. Unable to trace the execution of contracts the scene, she had kept North Korea's workers insisted on the presence of outward-looking, be sure to let athletes to accept the award ERKE clothes to wear. According to Deng Haixia introduction, the North Korean delegation of athletes are with their team to North Korea DPR Korea have custom clothes to wear, and ensure ERKE visibility.
Able to achieve today's results, ERKE also paid a lot. The company as early as in 2006 with the signing of the Korean Olympic Committee, "the North Korea Olympic global partner," cooperation agreement. Vice President Wu Rong Zhao has also repeatedly and from the communication between North Korea and China. In this regard, Deng Haixia deeply understands, "Korean athletes in sports equipment requirements are higher than we imagined a lot of equipment every time we design samples of their past, they would propose amendments to a number of personal opinions." So we need to send someone with measuring instruments to collect data on the Korean athlete's body, and often invited the North Korean athletes arrived in China's campaign to do lab tests.
Sometimes, in order to develop new products, Deng Haixia the hands of their players back from North Korea that have been frayed of old sneakers for further study, while the North Korean side will require them to end later in the study re-sent back these old shoes, because they think that these Equipment can then wear, although ERKE propose sending them to new equipment. "I feel they are frugal, old equipment, there are feelings, perhaps they believe that China's equipment to bring them good luck."
Spokesperson could not utter the brand endorsement
1 star endorsement of foreign domestic brands to find what is for what, Trader many major national events to promote the key to the Road to Beijing sports consulting company CEO Zhang told reporters, mainly in order to have shot ads, participate in activities, the three powers of promotional products. Stringent regulations, businesses, and when the star sign will indicate the various requirements in the contract: for example, can not use the competing brands of products, we can not say bad things about the product endorsement, etc.. There are ethics star demeanor naturally pay particular attention to efforts to uphold its endorsement by the face of the brand ... ...
When the sports weekly's U.S. reporter in an interview, when Smith found him wearing nike shoes, asked him why he did not wear their shoes when the endorsement, Smith went so far as to ask him "What is my brand endorsement?" And when the press say the brand name, he has no response to the need to racking their brains to think, "if there were such a thing, you need to communicate with my agent, because he did not ask me to change shoes." when the reporter can not help but have mixed feelings Smith Brother even the official lines are too lazy to back, this endorsement nice to make money, a little "silly amount of money people" means.
Gareth's another, more things occur in the body of this brand, the brand-third of the 2007 All-Star champion Jason Kapono incurred under its command. When the same reporter put the same question of shifting the Kapono later, the third ball of Brother Odd is also slow potential of the ... ... In short, we do not recall this matter, they do not want a symbolic say two words of praise is a character issue or two players memory is poor, or is China's brand was too lenient, and no one knows. This black and one white reporter to two dear friend summed up their "three principles of non-endorsement," not to wear (no wear brand endorsements), do not say (not willing to endorse the brand, said good things), do not know (can not remember the brand name) .
These may sound simple, but actually they are not so easy to operate, do not believe they have found a foreign celebrities as endorsement of the Chinese companies are able to successfully achieve their goals, many companies have made detours. The most outrageous thing, to be players themselves do not know what the brand endorsements, this sounds incredible things, but really to happen.
In early 2007, a domestic sports brand officially announced that it has and the NBA Denver Nuggets star JR Smith to reach an agreement, Smith officially became its spokesperson. While Smith and the game terrible, but it has just experienced two of the Nuggets and Knicks at Madison Square Garden, a Qun Jia, in such a sensitive time signing a sensitive "villain" character, it should be said that this enterprise really "courage."
Few success stories endorsement
In view of this, find what kind of person to do an endorsement of the learning bigger. Person in charge of Li Ning Company, Li Ning has a set of strict system, including: voice to have a very good reputation, with its own brand of mental levels of fit in the world, sports have outstanding performance. These articles and Zhang Qing-minded, he also believes that China's current domestic brands in the process of looking for a foreign spokesmen few success stories, in his view, advocates, we must use the endorsement of the product, so as to meet the most basic "Fair trade" and the "principle of good faith." In addition, the spokesperson and brand must be consistent with each other temperament. Zhang believes that Li Ning, the Queen signed Shaquille O'Neal and pole vault Yelena Isinbayeva, Anta Scola signing NBA players, tennis star Jelena Jankovic and Olympic signing Shane Battier such cooperation is more successful co-endorsement Shade sail.
So many Chinese brands are looking for a foreign star endorsements, whether they achieved the desired purpose? Li Ning, head of the company, said Li Ning brand campaigns with overseas resources and agencies, establish a Li Ning's brand image. For example, Li Ning signed O'Neal, Baron Davis and other NBA stars, they trigger off a "Newsweek", CNN, CNBC and other international media attention. And Zhang's point of view is slightly different, he considered that the current short-term behavior of such cooperation more commercial too, the two fit much room for improvement.
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