Vietnamese Cosmetic Market Study for Company X

Vietnamese Cosmetic Market Study for
Company X,
CASE STUDY: COMPANY X

LAHTI UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED
SCIENCES
Degree program in International
Business
Bachelor’s Thesis
Autumn 2013
Nguyen ThiQuynhTrang

Lahti University of Applied Sciences
Degree Programme in International Business
NGUYEN, THI QUYNH TRANG

Vietnamese cosmetic market research for
Company X
Case: Company X

Bachelor’s Thesis in International Business, 110 pages, 9 pages of appendices
Autumn 2013
ABSTRACT

Vietnam has been known as one of the fastest growing economies in the world, and the Vietnamese cosmetic market is attracting lots of investment from many foreign companies. As a result, the author was assigned to do initial cosmetic market research for Company X, a Finland-based holistic beauty company. The company has been the market leader in Finland and at the moment, Company X is evaluating promising market in Asia for expansion in the future.
The main objective of this thesis is to assist the Case Company with this plan by providing insights into one of these markets, Vietnam. In order to achieve this purpose, the author has gathered relevant information to provide a picture of the cosmetic market in Vietnam, especially in skin care products. Based on this information, available opportunities as well as an entry mode to Vietnam are suggested in the light of the Case Company’s current situation
In this thesis, the author employs a combination of deductive approach and qualitative method. The collection of both primary and secondary data is performed. Primary data is gathered from the author’s survey with beauty experts and authority in Vietnam along with open discussions with the Case Company’s
Vice President Sale. Secondary data are obtained from the General Statistics
Office of Vietnam and publications such as books, journals, articles, reports, previous studies in the literature, and electronic sources.
The study reveals that the Vietnamese cosmetic

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