HITE's Future Strategy
 
Acceleration of the shift toward no-heat-treatment beer

- Market share comparison of no-heat-treatment beer in Korea and Japan
   
 
  No-Heat Treatment Beer Market Share
Korea
63% 67%
Japan 73% 99%
 
  HITE extended its life cycle as No. 1 beer brand in Korea
    - HITE extended its life cycle by differentiating itself from other beers through emphasis on its high-quality water, one of our biggest competitive advantages
- Further extension of life cycle as No. 1 brand by becoming equipped with CNS (Clean Network System)
 
  Heart-touching marketing
    Shift in corporate image toward a company that produces and sells, not beer, but culture
Strategic cultural test-testing events
      - Support 'Nanta' percussion performance to raise fund for the unemployed
-- Marketing with active involved consumers as insider through stage performances along with test-tasting events that are closest to the heart of Korean culture
    ¡× '1998 Exfeel Festival'
      -- Exfeel festivals as part of campus festivals at 15 universities in Seoul and the adjacent Gyunggi Province
-- Hosting of 'Kim Jun-ho & Son Shim-shim Couple's Performance for Korean Traditions' at the festivals
 
  HITE as a world-class brand
    Active overseas marketing through facility expansion
Continued efforts to increase the number of exporting destinations (to over 30 nations) and export volume
      - export diversification
    ¡× Customer survey in the Chinese market in preparation for the into the world's most populous nati
      - 1st stage: To carry out consumer survey in Taiwan as test ground
- 2nd stage: consumer survey in the Chinese market through 'Bobae Limited'