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Global Love Report – December 23, 2022
English summary by Pamela Stephanie

Rose Perchot manages the Unicis matchmaking agency in La Roche-sur-Yon, which has just won the Best Franchisees and Partners in France for the third time.

The agency has more than 500 members, ranging from 28 years old to 87, and is part of Unicis’ larger network of agencies.

But it’s her ability as a matchmaker to bring “soulmates” together and helping singles find love where they least expect it that has helped her agency win the award from the Institut de Recherche et d’Études de la Finition (IREF) for the third time.

One such example of an unexpected love story is between her clients Paul and Sabine (note: fake names). Both are divorced and when Paul initially contacted her agency back in May 2021, he had already gone through several disappointments.

During his first meeting with Rose, Paul had a long list of requirements for his match. Essentially, what he was looking for was too specific in terms of character, hobbies, and physical criteria. And that was when Rose introduced him to Sabine.

However, their initial meeting was unsuccessful. Due to his past disappointments, Paul wanted to look at someone else and was unable to see that Sabine was a good match. So, weeks went by and he met women that he couldn’t connect with.

Sabine, on the other hand, was smitten, and when Rose proposed that she meet Paul again, she didn’t hesitate. The second meeting proved fruitful and they managed to meet, date, fall in love and are now living together. What seemed like an unsuccessful meeting ended up becoming an unexpected love story.

Originally published by Actu.fr.

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Global Love Report – December 21, 2022
English summary by Pamela Stephanie

Bridal Partners, a Japanese matchmaking agency that is part of IBJ, will be holding a dating event for singles who like sake.

The specialized dating event will be held on January 29th, 2023 at Hotel Azusa in Tokyo. The agency will partner with Ichinokura, which is the largest sake brewery in the Miyagi Prefecture.

The event will include drinks provided by the brewery, which will feature 10 kinds of sake, as well as an original bento lunch box by a 172-year-old bento shop.

The reasoning behind this event is that, according to a survey of Japanese drinking trends in 2017, which was conducted by the Japan Sake Brewers Association, the number of women who drink has increased from 52.6% to 72.9% within 30 years.

With this event, they will be providing singles who like sake with the opportunity to eat and drink while getting to know each other.

Originally published by PR Times.

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Global Love Report – December 14, 2022
English summary by Pamela Stephanie

IBJ, which runs the Japan Marriage Agency Federation, is working together with the Nagasaki Shimbun Cultural Hall, part of the Nagasaki Shimbun Group in order to support matchmaking activities in the Nagasaki area.

The Nagasaki Shimbun Group has established a new matchmaking agency on December 1st, 2022.

The group wishes to support marriage activities in the Nagasaki Prefecture due to the decreasing birth rate as well as the outflow of population from the Prefecture, causing a population decline. By opening this agency, they wish to support Nagasaki residents who wish to find a spouse.

Some of matchmakers working in the new matchmaking agency are highly-experienced bridal advisors at the Nagasaki Shimbun Cultural Hall. And it’s not only that. In fact, thanks to the group’s century-long presence in the area, they have people with extensive knowledge in: best dating spots and gourmet restaurants, how to come up with conversation topics with your partner—and as a newspaper company, the group have the knowledge and skills when it comes to photography and writing profiles.

So, although the matchmaking agency may be new, the group itself has all the resources needed to successfully help the agency’s clients.
On IBJ’s side, they will be able to expand the Japan Marriage Agency Association’s members in the Nagasaki area. This is largely thanks to the Nagasaki Shimbun Group’s extensive network in the Prefecture—which includes their readers.

Of course, due to the demand for matchmaking that’s currently increasing in Japan, many companies with extensive local knowledge and ties to the matchmaking industry have now started their own matchmaking companies. These companies include: restaurants, travel agencies, and hotels.

Originally published by PR Times.

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Global Love Report – November 16, 2022
English summary by Pamela Stephanie

Photojoy, a Japanese photo studio, is collaborating with matchmaking agencies Two-Peace, Torakikon, and White Clover.

Matchmaking services companies have voiced their concerns regarding the lack of suitable photography services for their matchmaking clients. Specifically, photography for their profile photos.

Photojoy is a photo studio that has branches throughout Japan. And through this partnership, are offering profile photo shooting services for members of their partner matchmaking agencies at a special rate.

Yohei Inoue, the representative of Two-Peace has stated that matchmaking photos is a big concern for matchmaking activities. He stated that there’s a limited number of photo studios where they’re located. And their members tend to go to a specific studio. This results in many members having photos with the same background and profile photos aren’t eye-catching.

That’s why Photojoy is a good solution for them because the photo studio offers a variety of backgrounds for clients, offering them the chance to be more diverse. Additionally, Photojoy can take advanced matchmaking photos in their city.

Representative for Torakikon believes that Photojoy creates high quality photographs and will help their clients succeed in their matchmaking goals.

Originally published by PR Times.

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Global Love Report – November 9, 2022
English summary by Pamela Stephanie

After a 3-year hiatus due to Covid, Duo USA has announced that it will be holding its Duo USA Holiday Event at the end of the year.

It will take place on December 22nd and the company is inviting 40 single men and women. The venue will be the LINE LA Hotel.

Matchmaking agency Duo holds various dating events for its members to help them find the ideal match. They help facilitate meetings, dating, and marriage of single men and women in the Korean community.

This is particularly important now when the demand for marriage among first and second generation Koreans are increasing and the opportunity for people to meet has decreased because of the pandemic.

According to Duo USA, parents of second-generation Korean singles have expressed dissatisfaction in meeting Korean men and women for their children. And for the singles themselves, they’ve been concerned in finding opportunities to meet other singles, especially during the pandemic, where they had to remain at home.

Originally published by The Korea Daily.

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Global Love Report – November 9, 2022
English summary by Pamela Stephanie

Isabelle Forti is in charge of Unicis’ matchmaking agency in Granville. And she has been going around to different fairs in France in order to attract singles to her agency. This time, she was at the Saint-Martin Fair, which was held on November 5th, 6th, and 8th.

For three days, she had a booth on rue d’Egypte. According to her, these fairs serve as a way to reach out to singles who wouldn’t come to her agency on their own initiative.

Her clientele ranges from 35 to 75 years old and from all social backgrounds. And she has been quite successful in this endeavor, with her 80% success rate.

Of course, the advntage about being a Unicis agency is that she’s not limited to her own database. Because Unicis has a national network of matchmaking agencies, she is able to find matches for her clients from other regions as well.

Originally published by Actu.fr

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Global Love Report – November 2, 2022
English summary by Pamela Stephanie

IBJ, one of the biggest matchmaking companies in Japan, has announced that they have successfully arranged more than 500,000 marriages from January 2022 to October 2022. They even reached the 500000 marriages milestone earlier this year compared to last year.

The company is also reporting a Year-on-Year increase of 118%.

This is in part due to the fact that Japan has loosened Covid regulations. Now, people can move freely again. Additionally, singles who are looking for a partner are willing to participate in activities again.

Due to their success, the company is also launching a campaign to commemorate reaching 500000 this year. They will give an Amazon gift card to each person who booked or received a free consultation from November 1st to the 29th.

Originally published by PR Times

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Global Love Report – October 5, 2022
English summary by Pamela Stephanie

“Entre Elle et Lui” is a matchmaking agency located in Rouen in France, managed by Julie Ribeiro.

The agency provides a discreet service, especially for those in managerial occupations or if they work in the medical field. Ribeiro explained that some of her clients who are doctors or dentists want to be recognized by their own clients.

Ribeiro is a trained relationship counselor. She helps her client with date preparations and a “debrief” session after the date. And at her agency, after an initial meeting between her and the potential client—which can last up to 2 hours—clients will take a test using a digital tool that the agency uses. That’s Profil’INC, a tool developed by experts in the neurocognitive and behavioral approach.

The tool is utilized in a wide range of areas. For athletes, people in business management, and even recruitment agencies. The test itself is carried out by an expert. By taking this test, both client and matchmaker gain a better understanding about the client’s own behavior.

The result will show them their needs, their potentials and drives, as well as things that hinder them. With this, clients may be able to learn more about themselves, a “meet yourself” session, and the matchmaker will be able to have a better understanding of them. And in turn, will be able to find the client a compatible match in their database.

A majority of the agency’s clients are 45 to 60 but she mentioned that more and more young people are signing up for their services. Ribeiro mentioned that 2 out of 3 clients end up as a success story.

A number of her clients registered with the agency because of disappointment with online dating. Most of them are women. some feel objectified on dating apps and others are tired of wasting 4 hours a day on these apps. And these virtual failures can really affect people, especially those with low self-esteem. Fortunately, her agency helps guide them and coaches them on how to charm someone when they’ve lost confidence in themselves.

Originally published by franceinfo

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Global Love Report – October 5, 2022
English summary by Pamela Stephanie

Duo, one of the largest matchmaking companies in South Korea, revealed how its matching system works.

There are two parts to Duo’s method, which utilizes data analysis in order to find potential suitable matches. The second part of Duo’s method involves real-life people. This is where an actual matchmaker or couple manager who also finds potential matches to clients. And they do this based on the data from the analysis.

The first step of the process is when a client fills in a form with their personal information and what they would like in a partner. They will also have a consultation with a “counseling” matchmaker so the company will have a better understanding of their needs.

The next step is when Duo’s internal team verifies the potential client’s identity. They check the authenticity of any documents that the client has handed to them. If the person passes the verification process, it will lead to a registration approval.

They will then be appointed to 2 different consultants. One is in charge of the actual matchmaking while the other will be in charge of giving the client guidance, in a 2-in-1 system.

What comes next is the more technical aspect. The Duo Matching System (DMS), which is Duo’s very own matching system that it has developed for its own use, will then analyze all the clients within their database and will find the client a match based on the client’s preferences such as: age, occupation, economic status, and values.

The counseling/guidance consultant will also learn more about the client to find out things that are difficult to confirm with just data.
This method seems to work for the company. The total number of members who got married is over 45,000, according to Duo’s website.

Originally published by wsobi.com

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Global Love Report – September 28, 2022
English translation by Pamela Stephanie

Lotte Ditzel (37), has a boyfriend, together they have two sons (ages 2 & 4). Lotte is the owner of matchmaking agency DTNG, she can be seen as a matchmaking expert later this year in a Videoland program.

“At 30, after a broken relationship, I ended up on the dating market. Fun, I thought, swiping handsome men. The swiping was nice but I found the chats toe-curling. ‘Hey, what’s up, how’s your day?’ I preferred to meet to find out if the spark was there.

Even that turned out to be not ideal, because singles tend to make their profiles nicer than reality. By using pictures from the past. By leaving out info, for example, about children. By lying about their height. The latter I discovered when I, with my 1.81 meters (5’11”), towered over a man who claimed to be 1.90 meters (6’2”) but barely reached 1.65 (5’4”).

Matchmaker

I quickly found the dating market exhausting. Especially when I spoke about my dates with my girl friends and it turned out they had already dated the same men. It felt interchangeable and unpromising. In New York and London it has been normal for some time to work with a matchmaker. With my dating hell at the back of my mind, I thought that there must be a need for serious matchmaking in Amsterdam as well. That did exist but it had an old-fashioned image. That’s why six years ago I founded DTNG, ‘dating’ without the vowels.

At first it was hard work to fill the database but now it’s full of nice singles. We now work nationally and I employ five matchmakers, including my father who assists those over 65. Our oldest client is 83 and has just found love again. So there are many success stories of relationships and babies. In my oldest son’s class, parents are allowed to talk about their profession. I read a story about a frog who fell in love and told them that I help people fall in love.

Courtesy

In my work, a lesson in courtesy is important. It’s my mission to make the Dutch man more courteous: pull out a chair on a date, give a compliment, choose the wine and don’t take the half empty bottle of wine in your fridge with you as a present—true story. Look, there is still work to be done.”

Originally published by Kek Mama

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