Marketing PR Analysis
Jiaqi Luo
Aug 5, 2021

Have China’s ‘traffic stars’ become toxic for beauty brands?

Chinese “traffic stars” once offered beauty brands massive growth in China, but an explosion of idol scandals is tarnishing this strategy.

Photo: Shiseido's Weibo

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