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China: Becoming an Influencer to Save the Shop

S5 · E21 · 19 Feb 2026 · 11 min

Live on Douyin, the Chinese equivalent of TikTok, these two young women aren't influencers, but fishmongers. Like them, to cope with plummeting consumer spending, many Chinese retailers have had to completely reinvent how they promote their products.