Why Do Asian Brands Pretend to Be Japanese?(thechow.net)

4 points | by herbertl 1 day ago

1 comments

  • msradam 1 day ago
    The line "Miniso publicly apologized for pretending to be Japanese" made me giggle. It reminds me of how Häagen-Dazs is not even any particular Danish / Scandinavian word, just completely made up to sound exotic and premium. It worked though, had no clue it was made up til very recently.

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