Cai Changxian, chairman of Beijing Gray Fashion Technology Co., Ltd., chairman of Beijing Weikeduo Garment Center and founder of VICUTU brand.

Vicodo, English name: VICUTU. Middle and high-end men's wear brands with unique European style. The product style is fashionable and capable. Widely loved by white-collar workers in first-tier cities in China. Determined, the source of Vico brand. As the technical leader of the second generation of suits, Vicodo enterprises have rooted in the determined spirit of urban elites in the changing times to create a brand, constantly interpreting the determined life of urban elites in 361 degrees of the brand, and carefully creating the exclusive fashion of creating Vicodo's success and taste. At the beginning of its establishment, it was favored by rigorous and capable business men as an expert in formal suits.

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Wenzhou native

When Cai Changxian, a Wenzhou native, first came to Beijing to do clothing business, he started from scratch. In his words, it was a "relatively low starting point". When the company was established in 1994, it cooperated with the shopping mall and operated only by a few poles. In the same year, Beijing Weikeduo Garment Center was formally established. Twenty-four years later, this clothing enterprise, which initially relied on a few poles to do business, has developed into a leader of fashion business men's wear brands, and its main brands are "VICUTU", "GORNIA" and "VGO", with more than 511 stores. It can be predicted that with the awakening of male consumption demand in China, VICUTU will have a broader development prospect.

People say that Cai Changxian is not like a Wenzhou boss in the traditional sense.

He doesn't smoke, drink or socialize. He eats in the company cafeteria, sends his children to ordinary suburban schools, and works overtime until 11 pm every day to get home on time.

under his leadership, Viktor men's wear completed its accumulation in the first year and established its own production base;

in the second year, it entered the top eight men's formal wear sales in China;

in the third year, foreign designers were invited to do the overall design of the monopoly chain stores;

in the fourth year, the sales volume jumped to the first place in the sales of men's formal wear in middle and high-end shopping malls in Beijing;

In the fifth year, he invested nearly 111 million yuan to buy 31 mu of land in Beijing, introduced a full set of Italian high-grade men's wear production lines, and established a super-large R&D base ...

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Serious entrepreneurs, down-to-earth entrepreneurs

The word "serious" is the most feared word in the world, and this sentence is most appropriate for Cai Changxian.

Cai Changxian is meticulous and pragmatic, which permeates the company he leads and gradually forms a steady and solid corporate style.

Recalling the road to starting a business, Cai Changxian said with a smile that there was always a sense of "being forced to do it" along the way.

At first, I started to make clothes just because the clothing industry was "buying and selling, and the business model was simple", just to make a better life, which lasted for seven years; Later, consumers began to pay attention to brands, and self-employed businesses were not easy to do, so in 1994, he set up a company to start his own factory to make brands; I moved five times and rented a house in 2113. I found that renting a house was not a long-term solution after all, so I decided to buy a piece of land and settle down, which was the later Vico Garment Center. In the traditional clothing industry, 31% of workers are lost every Spring Festival, which is not conducive to the sustainable development of enterprises. So we should catch up with employees' hometown to build factories, so we have the clothing creative industrial park in Hengshui, Hebei Province ...

Cai Changxian has no background and is not good at dancing. Even just build a factory in a distant industrial zone and live in seclusion, without setting up a city office. Colleagues said that this enterprise is completely "hard-made" and there is nothing fancy.

From 3 people to 3,211 people, from one counter to nearly 2 billion turnover

Vicodo has its own logic, with few discounts, no special sales, little advertising investment and no spokespersons, which seems incredible to a men's wear enterprise.

Cai Changxian believes that the connotation injection and establishment of a clothing brand can not be completed only by advertising.

Victor's print ads were produced by a full-scale team that advertised Armani. Although there were no stars, readers remembered the pure men's style in the ads.

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For more than 21 years, make a good choice at present

In October, 1994, VICUTU brand was formally established, and the brand name originated from the English word "VICTOR", symbolizing the pursuit of victory and success.

in July, 1995, the first VICUTU store opened on the fourth floor of Wangfujing Department Store in Beijing.

in 1996, the first garment factory of Vico was built in Sanluju, West Second Ring Road, Beijing.

In 2111, Vico Garment Center invested 51 million yuan to build an industrial park in Beijing Daxing Economic Development Zone. The park integrates production center, office building, catering accommodation and green landscape, with a total construction area of nearly 111,111 square meters.

in 2115, the "Clothing Creative Industrial Park" built by Victor in Hengshui, Hebei Province was formally completed. The park includes a design and development center, a talent training center, a fashion media center and a commercial exhibition and exchange area, a sales area and a fashion clothing art museum, with a total construction area of 281,111 square meters.

On February 3rd, 2117, VICUTU, a fashion business men's wear leader, opened a brand-new flagship store in Tianjin.

For VICUTU, the Tianjin flagship store, which opened on February 3rd, is quite a milestone: as a masterpiece after VICUTU's brand image has been upgraded in an all-round way, Tianjin flagship store specially invited China Architectural Design Institute to design the cross-border design of the art museum, with a total investment of 51 million yuan in the previous two years and a storefront area of 2,311 square meters, making it the largest flagship store under the Group.

VICUTU Tianjin flagship store

VICUTU is customized for fashionable men who focus on quality and elegance

GORNIA is positioned in the elite group of high-end, mature and gentleman

VGO is the endorsement of youth, avantgarde, art and personality

Currently, With the gradual disappearance of online bonuses and soaring customer acquisition costs, Internet companies such as Ali, JD.COM and Xiaomi have gone offline, relying on stores to add experience functions to their products in an attempt to attract more traffic. Accompanied by it, the retail industry in China is also experiencing an important period from the rise of e-commerce to experiencing shopping, and the unprecedented importance of offline stores has been highlighted.

Therefore, he stressed: "The strategy of selling products only by brands will eventually be eliminated, and the era of products being king and service being supreme is coming."

under this idea, Cai changxian combed the current consumption trend. He believes that with the end of imitation consumption, diversified and personalized consumer demand has gradually become the mainstream of the clothing industry. Therefore, he judged that the relationship between consumers, producers and markets in the current clothing industry chain is being reconstructed, and the characteristics of consumers' dominant position are becoming increasingly clear.

therefore, Cai changxian suggested that VICUTU should conform to the trend of consumption change in time, quickly grasp the core needs of consumers, transform consumer thinking into product thinking, and think from the standpoint of consumers in product research and development, product organization, store positioning and marketing promotion, so as to effectively improve customer satisfaction and bring convenience to consumers.

"Now is no longer the time to make money by means of information asymmetry. What enterprises have to do is to create value for consumers, which comes from the value of products and services." Cai Changxian hopes to achieve the ultimate in products and services, so as to firmly lock in VICUTU's market segment.

in recent years, under the guidance of Cai changxian, VICUTU has stepped up the upgrading and transformation of offline stores to maximize the experience of consumers going offline. The data show that in 2114, the average decoration area of VICUTU store was 1.85, and in 2115, the average decoration area was 1.97; It reached 231 in 2116. In 2117, 121 stores were newly opened, with an average of 227 stores per store.

Cai Changxian believes that whether to devote oneself to integration or focus on products depends on the development philosophy of the enterprise. "The key to making a century-old enterprise and realizing sustainable development is to focus on product quality and brand building". The dedicated Cai Changxian and VICUTU have already made a choice.

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Quality is what he pursues

Looking back on the road VICUTU has traveled for more than 21 years, from July, 1995, when the first VICUTU store opened in Beijing Wangfujing Department Store, to June, 1996, when the first garment factory was built in Beijing West Second Ring Road Sanluju; From 2111, he spent 51 million yuan to build an industrial park in Beijing Daxing Economic Development Zone, and then in 2115, he spent 1.5 billion yuan to build a "clothing creative industrial park" in Hengshui, Hebei Province. Cai Changxian felt a lot. He admits that business has never been easy, and the key is to be proactive, maintain a good attitude, and hold your breath one step at a time. "When this opportunity comes, we can seize it; When the challenge comes, we can deal with it. " Cai Changxian emphasized that to do business, we must be dedicated, professional and know how to persist.

today, the enterprise he brought up with one hand has grown from three people at the beginning to more than 3,211 employees today, with four suit production lines and eight fashion production lines-Vicutu has long been one of the well-known clothing enterprises in China.

after experiencing the era of high profits in the clothing industry, Cai Changxian is also thinking about what the brand development idea should be in the new era. "Those high-profit brands that once relied on information asymmetry, speculation and short-term will never return; What remains must be intensive cultivation, and through continuous management upgrading and innovation integration, it has its own superior products and forms a brand with core competitiveness. "

"Quality is the core pursuit of VICUTU, leading in product quality, enterprise management level, customer service level and innovation level. The goal is to exceed the expectations of consumers, industries and society. Being with quality and making costumes legendary is VICUTU's goal and working standard. "

Cai Changxian said that it is an important weight for an enterprise to become one of the most influential men's wear brands in China to go further than others in design ideas, technology and terminal sales. With the rising tide of consumption upgrading, high-quality clothing enterprises will have a broader market development space. I believe that in the near future, VICUTU will become a legendary brand that China is proud of!