Retail
July 27, 2017
The Line app in Japan is a major tool for brands to connect to consumers
By Brielle Jaekel
Japanese retailers are seeing slow growth in ecommerce, but brands on the popular mobile messaging application Line are growing, according to a new report from L2.
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