SOUTHEAST ASIA COSMETICS SECTOR STILL DEVELOPING, DESPITE THE RECESSION
August 1st, 2010
BY KARRYN MILLER, AHMAD PATHONI, MARK ROWE
SOUTHEAST Asia is a growing and diverse market for international personal care product brands, despite the challenges (and some losses) cased by the recession. The region contains relatively rich emerging markets (and the very rich city state of Singapore), and its major poorer countries, notably Vietnam and Indonesia are growing fast and emerging robustly from the recession.
With a population of 86 million - of which over half is aged under 30 - Vietnam in particular is an attractive market for cosmetic companies. In ...
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