I ran out of deodorant, so while shopping at Carrefour (the French Walmart) on Saturday, I thought it would be a good idea, since I was there.
We searched everywhere in the cosmetics/personal supplies area for my brand, and couldn’t find it. COuldn’t find most the other brands for that matter. We asked an employee where it was, and they told us:
“Oh, that’s a seasonal product.”
So, people don’t sweat (and smell) in Winter?
I beg to differ. Luckily, I found another brand that was pretty well hidden…
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November 21st, 2007 at 9:37 am
Tampons As China Marketing Symbol…
Fascinating post over at the relatively new The Yuan Also Rises blog (tied in with China International Business Magazine). The post is entitled “Why don’t Chinese women use tampons” and it serves as a good reminder of how and why China’s consumer m…
December 4th, 2007 at 5:40 am
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November 10th, 2008 at 1:13 am
[...]On the last few years I’ve seen a number of anecdotes about buying deodorant in China, topped with a post by Chris about the product apparently being “seasonal” (srsly?????). Well, this morning I topped that one. I asked my guide/real estate agent about buying some. He couldn’t understand the word. I got my dictionary. He read the definition, shook his head knowingly, and told me he never heard of the concept. He later took me to a large, fancy, “laowai-friendly“ market, as we would have described it in Beijing, where I did indeed find the product. Then I left for the cashier, while he remained behind studying the shelf in anthropological fascination.[...]