China e-commerce performance cannot rely on the old playbook of the last 15 years.
The tactics that drove growth in a more favorable macroeconomic environment no longer deliver. Foresight Performance Partners helps luxury, premium fashion, and prestige beauty brands turn Tmall, JD, and Douyin into profitable channels — built on a rigorous, analytical discipline to significantly improve profit contribution, while protecting the brand and growing sustainable revenue.
E-commerce performance in China now requires a far more proactive, agile, and analytical discipline than it once did.
The tactics that worked in a more favorable macroeconomic environment no longer deliver — yet most brands and their TPs are still running them. The result is growth that doesn't pay for itself: revenue propped up by discounting and platform spend while the P&L quietly erodes.
The gap is the same whether you're already in the market or preparing to enter it.
Profitability is a discipline, not a budget.
To drive sustainable and profitable growth, we leverage an approach built on foresight, advanced tools, and operational rigor — and we hold ourselves accountable to measurable improvements.
Based in Shanghai, we work embedded in your day-to-day, alongside your team and your execution partner (TP), across the full performance picture:
For a premium brand already on Tmall:
Figures reflect average performance improvements from past engagements.
Numbers like these invite skepticism — so we don't hesitate to put a significant portion of our fees at risk against the results we commit to.
Client references are available upon request.
For new market entries, our approach is an opportunity to get it right from the start.
Thirteen years in China. Former GM of Pandora Greater China, EVP at Baozun, and CEO of a fast-fashion retailer; earlier, McKinsey and Alvarez & Marsal. Columbia MBA. A frequent voice in the luxury and China e-commerce press.
Fifteen years running e-commerce operations for global premium and luxury brands in China. As former Luxury Director at Baozun — one of the country's largest e-commerce operators — he has led store operations for luxury maisons across Tmall, JD, and Douyin. A standout operator in day-to-day execution and performance marketing, with a rare instinct for performance improvement.
Both founders work directly on every client engagement, supported by a team of analysts and associates.
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Whether you're already in the market or preparing to enter, the conversation starts the same way — with your numbers and what they could be. We're based in Shanghai, on the ground in the same market and time zone as your China business.
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