NGS is expanding international activities for its Healthy Height protein shake in China. Healthy Height has been clinically shown to improve children’s height. This step forward is followed by a substantial growth in sales — 58% — in 2020.
This result was driven by a sharp jump in online sales of Healthy Height in the US via Amazon and Shopify. The sales of the company’s proprietary protein powder for children soared in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a increasing of consumption on a year-on-year basis.
The company has signed an agreement with leading child celebrity and social media influencer Gavin Thomas to promote its brand in China. Thomas has more than 8 million followers on Chinese social media platforms, and has graced the cover of China’s edition of ELLE Magazine. He is the youngest recipient of the Weibo Influencer Award (Weibo is a Chinese social media platform similar to Twitter).
Thomas will promote NGS’s Healthy Height product range in China through various social media campaigns, physical appearances, and associated brand ambassador activity. The goal is to drive traffic to NGS’s e-commerce flagship store on Tmall Global. Tmall Global is Alibaba’s b2C cross-border marketplace for international brands and retailers to sell directly to more than half a billion consumers on Alibaba’s platform in China. NGS also is retailing Healthy Height through select “mother and baby” stores.
Says Liron Fendell, CEO and Managing Director of NGS: “Nutritional Growth Solutions and Gavin Thomas are a great match for raising the awareness of our Healthy Height brand in China. He’s greatly loved by kids and parents alike in China who identify with his quirky personality and engage with him as a person. Gavin also is an authentic user of our products, so he will be able to communicate to Chinese families with integrity about our patented, scientifically formulated and clinically tested nutritional shakes that assist children in reaching their maximum height.”
Added Brian Leedman, NGS Chairman: “Social influencer engagement between brands and consumers through e-commerce platforms is much more advanced and ingrained in China than other markets. Partnering with Gavin Thomas is a key to quickly gaining scale in this important market where there is an unmet need for our clinically proven product.”
The severity of the COVID19 pandemic encouraged the general population of China to reconsider their dietary habits. This resulted in a significant rise in popularity for health supplement products on both online and offline sales channels. Increasing per-capita disposable income also allows Chinese consumers to pay more attention to premium foreign brands. As a result, nutritional supplements were among the fastest growing categories on Tmall Global during 2020 with monthly sales exceeding 1B RMB (approx. 200m AUD) with protein powders/amino acids among the largest categories. Healthy Height’s new flagship store on Tmall Global gives Chinese consumers access to the clinically tested protein shakes for children, reflecting increasing demand for high-quality, international nutrition brands in China.
Concluded Fendell: “Chinese parents tend to invest in their children’s nutrition and prefer to purchase well-known brands backed by research.”
Healthy Height was developed and tested by pediatricians to give a holistic solution to nourish growing children primarily in the 3 to 9-years age group, including those children who lack nutrition due to health issues that can impair eating. For more visit Healthy-Height.com
