Marketing
November 14, 2018
South Korea's Gentle Monster has reached a global scale. Image credit: Gentle Monster
By Sarah Jones
HONG KONG – Asian companies are increasingly finding a global foothold in more mass categories, and investors see the potential for this trend to reach the luxury business.
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