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The Coldest Play in Retail: Harbin Beer’s Back Rack Hack
In the spring of 2025, Harbin Beer, China’s oldest and most iconic northern lager brand, executed one of the most counterintuitive retail marketing campaigns of the decade.
In the spring of 2025, Harbin Beer, China’s oldest and most iconic northern lager brand, executed one of the most counterintuitive retail marketing campaigns of the decade.
What’s inside
- The campaign: anatomy of the Back Rack Hack
- The science: refrigerator physics and consumer cold-seeking
- China beer market: the warm south opportunity
- Counterintuitive brand strategy: when surrender is victory
- The engineering innovation: retail hardware as brand medium
- Results, scalability and AB InBev China strategy
- Strategic implications for brand managers, retailers and investors
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