Consumer understanding
(1) More advanced formats for lower entry barriers
Bull-eye: Have basic skin care routine but low income so mostly choose product in mass to middle segment
Concern: Acne, Post-acne, Cleansing, Sunscreen
Demographic: Gen Z (18-24), mostly Female, nationwide.
Their tension:
At this entry barrier, they need to understand what their skin need at first, then enhance their basic skin health in a simple routine.
This or that, their product selection is all trial and error because they are confused with different ingredients in so many products.
SOG:
Yes, simple, they need simple but now in a advanced formats to attract them among other simple brand strategies in this industry.
Strategy:
According to Kantar (2022), brands now lift shopper spend per trip by offering small package or sachet version for sophisticated benefits in middle segment product for customer lower entry barrier.
But in the next 2 year, in Vietnam, consumers may need more than that.
Sachet version is not enough to stand out, the brand from L'Oréal could offer a proceed step even before consumer purchase the sachet version.
Customized format - for every skin concern from everyone.
Yet the ingredients cannot be changed, brand such as L'Oreal Paris with Skin Genius, or La Roche Posay with Effaclar SpotScan+, could upgrade to recommend accessible & fitting amount of product case by case.
In this way, customers could accelerate their product selection & acknowledge their skin needs to purchase right amount & right product for their skin types & skin concerns.