From the Los Angeles Times:
Eight years after banning door-to-door sales for wreaking social turmoil, China is reopening its doors to the Avon lady and her rivals from Amway and Mary Kay.
Hundreds of thousands of Chinese ” women and men ” are beginning to hit the streets and go online to plug the latest face cream and lip balm in flavors such as green tea.
On a recent afternoon near a giant statue of Mao Tse-tung, college senior and Avon sales rep Gu Binbin spread samples of cosmetics on the ground outside the student cafeteria at East China University of Science and Technology here. The 22-year-old Gu also posted ads on his school’s bulletin boards, advertising the Avon eye serum, lotions and anti-wrinkle agents that clutter his dorm room. [Full text]
