New technology is not enough to sell cars - Tom Doctoroff

Tom Doctoroff

Lynk & CO and NIO both launched their first production models at the Shanghai auto show in April, but the question is whether new technology is enough to sell their cars. Branding expert Tom Doctoroff says to Wardsauto that the newcomers on this market need a bit more to succeed.

Wardsauto:

It won’t be easy for the startups to use customer experience to brand themselves, says Tom Doctoroff, senior partner at global brand and marketing firm Prophet. Most Chinese companies still are much more focused on sales than service, he says. 

“When you want to talk about customer experience, you have to look at corporate structure and whether it can provide an integrated holistic experience,” says Doctoroff, who lived in China for decades and is the former Asia Pacific CEO of communications firm J. Walter Thompson. “The ecosystem that is required is a very refined ecosystem.”

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