THE CHINESE RETAIL SECTOR CHANGES QUICKLY, AND LOCALGRAVITY HELPS YOU KEEP PACE
The retail market changes rapidly in China. Malls open, close, and reposition constantly; some flourish, others fade.
Identifying the up-and-coming areas across such an enormous country is an equally large task, but with a growing staff of 150+ constantly monitoring and updating market data, LocalGravity has the infrastructure and tools to give you an accurate, up-to-date view of the retail landscape.
No one else has this kind of market intelligence on China—and the know-how to help you use it.
Unrivalled Coverage
4000+ cities and towns covered. With more than 8,000 brands and a million stores—more added daily
We track the store locations of all chains in China across all retail segments, each and every month, from luxury goods to supermarkets, fashion to electronics, automobiles to restaurants.
Adding 10,000 stores a week, we track them all when they open—or close—so you can get timely profiles of market trends and how the expansion strategies of key retailers are evolving.
Locations, Locations, Locations
7,500+ existing retail venues
We track all retail venues across China, too, including shopping malls, department stores, and hypermarkets. Currently covering more than 7,500 active malls with brand mix.
We classify each of these venues, so you can easily see how they are targeted. Which are targeted at Luxury brands, premium brands, standard brands, value brands. Or which venues are dominated by Food & Beverage or entertainment etc
Venue Layout
Floor plans, store pictures, and sizes for Malls. Floor Sketches for department stores. Covers the top 100 cities
We’ve produced detailed site plans of venues in China’s top cities, from mall layouts to photos of each store, so you’ll be able to get an even fuller picture to help you maximize your opportunities.
With 2500+ full mall plans in hand and 2000+ department store sketches, our coverage is unequalled.
Future opportunities?
And we track 2,500+ pipeline malls
We also cover 2,500 more planned to open over the next few years with the details of opening date, positioning, planned size, developer and transport assessment.
How do we collect our retail market data?
WE ALSO PROVIDE PROPRIETARY IP KNOWLEDGE REVEALING THE RETAIL DYNAMICS:
Retail Clusters
Retail clusters are drawn and categorized: Destination, District, Community in top 100 cities
Based on the concentration of retail, and the catchment power of these retail areas, we have also drawn and categorized the retail clusters: Luxury Destination clusters, Destination clusters, District Leading clusters, and Community Leading clusters.
Venue Ranking
Venues are ranked and categorized: Destination, Luxury Destination, District Leader, Community Leader in the top 100 cities
Applying our retail expertise with more than 20 years experiences in retail industry and trained City experts across China, we rank malls. We use a range of criteria to determine whether they will be winners or not, from mall brand mix, brand strength and positioning, to transport accessibility, layout, competitive situation and gravity power.
To help your decision-making further, we’ve also categorized the venues, based on their relative dominance in their catchment areas: Luxury Destination venues, Destination venues, District Leading venues and Community Leading venues.