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LET’S HIT THE GYM: CHINA’S EVOLVING FITNESS INDUSTRY
Executive Summary
China’s tness market has grown steadily for years, boosting the value of global brands like Nike
and Adidas, as well as local Chinese brands such as Li-Ning and Anta. However, while much of
past growth has been driven by lifestyle sportswear and sports-inuenced fashion trends, we are
now seeing substantial expansion in actual sports participation across a broader segment of the
Chinese population.
This trend is evolving quickly — an identiable acceleration in the rate of sports and tness
participation among Chinese citizens. And COVID-19 appears to have boosted this change across
several subsectors: in-home tness, gyms and outdoor sports and tness.
At the same time, we see a marked shift in the standard conceptions of beauty and body image
in China—especially among women. Looking thin has long been the tness ideal in China, but
we are now seeing movement toward increased muscle denition and overall strength. In C2
Global’s current survey of 1,159 consumers in China, respondents cite “gaining muscle denition”
as the primary motivation to work out (51%), followed by losing weight (40%) and preventing
health ailments (33%).
KEY HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR SURVEY INCLUDE:
When looking at overall responses from our survey the top tness activities were: yoga (40%), spin
(37%), cycling (32%), dance (27%), running (25%) and group classes (24%). However if you look at
gender responses the top activities shift a bit by gender.
Top tness brands were led by the largest brands in China: Nike, Adidas, Li-Ning and Anta.
However, we also saw strong support for outdoor and specialty brands including New Balance,
Arc’teryx, Lululemon and Columbia. We expect new and innovative brands to continue to gain in
popularity, including Chinese brands such as Maia Active.
Top sports events cited by respondents included Summer Olympics, NBA, FIFA, Winter Olympics
and the World Bodybuilding competition. We expect the Olympic excitement to continue to build
as we gear up for the Summer Olympics hosted in Japan and for the Winter Olympics hosted in
China. We expect the Winter Olympics to be a signicant catalyst for winter sports participation in
China - similar to the boost in summer sports following the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Women Prefer Yoga, Dance and Group Classes while Men Prefer Spin, Cycling & Running
The Rise of Niche Outdoor and Fitness Brands
Olympics, NBA and FIFA Top the List for Popular Sporting Events
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