The emergence of DINK (Double Income No Kids) families in cities and the increasing number of elderly empty-nesters has made having pets a consumer trend. It is estimated that urban residents in our country spend as much as tens of billions of yuan annually on pets. Since entering the 1990s, China has become one of the countries with the fastest growth in pet product production in the world, with the demand for all aspects of pets growing at an annual rate of 15%. This has brought a huge market to pet investment operators.
Health supplements are something the Chinese people are already familiar with, but in reality, no health supplement can truly achieve the miraculous effects claimed by manufacturers. Due to fierce industry competition, the profits from health supplements are not as high as before, but it still belongs to a typical暴利industry. A certain product advertised extensively on television claims to use an American formula, but its sale price of less than 200 yuan far exceeds its production cost of just over ten yuan per box, clearly showing that profit still accounts for the majority. Unlike medicine, health supplements have relatively lower research and development and production costs, and they don't have to be responsible for their effectiveness as long as they don't cause harm when consumed. Because of the high profit, manufacturers can accumulate considerable wealth in a short period of time. It's easy to imagine how much real money health supplements have earned in recent years.
Among general daily-use chemicals, personal cleaning products have the highest profit margins. Take toothpaste for example; the cost of a 120-gram tube of toothpaste is only 0.5 yuan, regardless of whether it sells for dozens or even twenty-some yuan. And the shampoo we use daily has even greater profit margins, absolutely not less than toothpaste. Just think about the numerous shampoo advertisements on TV. As for harm, we must mention the deception of the public, exaggerating an ordinary cleaning product into something with the functions of a health supplement. Isn't this a form of harm to our intelligence?
What sells best in online stores? The editor of Online Store Network has summarized the most profitable industries of 2012, hoping it will provide inspiration and help to those who run online stores.
We can get a side glimpse of the high profits of liquor. In previous years, CCTV's advertising bid king was almost monopolized by liquor companies every year. One year, Qinchuan Liquor shocked the nation when it bid for the prime-time advertising bid king by making a bold claim. Without sufficient profits, which company would dare to make such a big investment?
Our country is an agricultural powerhouse, but lags behind in the deep processing of agricultural products. The proportion of deeply processed agricultural products accounts for less than 12% of the total output of agricultural products. Taking corn as an example, in the U.S., more than 20% of the corn processed is deeply processed, with over 2000 varieties, whereas in our country, the amount of deeply processed corn is less than 9% of the total corn production, with only over 100 varieties.
In 2012, the most profitable industry number seven is the high profit of agricultural product processing.
The cosmetics referred to here mainly refer to imported high-end products. According to insiders, the top-ranked high-end cosmetics have a retail price of over 900 yuan/50ml for an eye cream on the Chinese mainland, while it is sold for around 600 yuan in Hong Kong, and its manufacturing plus R&D cost is only 20-30 yuan RMB. As for some high-end cosmetics, the cost of hundreds-of-yuan eye creams and lipsticks is even lower, and as for those perfumes priced in the hundreds to thousands, their cost is almost the price of the perfume bottle. These highly profitable high-end cosmetics have a destructive power on consumers that isn't as gentle as the beauties in the advertisements.
In 2012, the most profitable industry number six is pharmaceuticals.
In 2012, the most profitable industry number five is health supplements.
In 2012, the most profitable industry number eight is the broad money prospect of pets.
In 2012, the most profitable industry number four is liquor.
In 2012, the most profitable industry number three is beverages.
In 2012, the most profitable industry number one is cosmetics.
Among all beverages, non-carbonated fruit juice drinks have the highest profit margin. Market retail prices of fruit juice drinks costing just a few yuan have production costs only one-tenth of their retail price, and canned drinks are no different. To put it simply, the cost of some beverages is almost the same as the cost of a perfume bottle. Of course, if we strictly calculate the cost of beverages, logistics costs must also be considered. However, no matter what, the profit margin of beverages is extremely high.
The above are the most profitable and excessively profitable industries of 2012. Have you realized the business opportunities contained within? Act immediately and strive to become a leader in the industry while earning your own wealth.
In 2012, the second most profitable industry is daily chemical products.
Everyone knows about the excessive profits in pharmaceuticals. In the eyes of ordinary people, the profit margin of pharmaceuticals seems to be the highest. But the facts are otherwise. Compared with the aforementioned industries, the equipment, factory, and R&D costs of pharmaceuticals are much higher. The R&D costs of imported drugs are even higher due to high wages and other reasons. Although the effective components in drugs aren't worth much, after passing through several hands, the price of drugs soars like Sun Wukong flipping over, skyrocketing tens of thousands of miles.