S Korea cosmetics makers see the beauty of China
Chinese consumers baulking at rising yen are their biggest foreign buyers
Hong Kong
CREAMS made of snail slime and sea-kelp face masks might not seem big money-spinners but they are exactly the kinds of products that have made South Korean cosmetics makers some of the nation's hottest investments.
The issue is that it is going to take more than cool packaging and heavy discounting to keep Chinese shoppers, their biggest customers, happy.
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