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How Korean Beauty Brands Built a Global Moat
Lucas and Luna break down how South Korean beauty companies like Amorepacific built a competitive moat not through patents or secret ingredients, but through rapid product iteration, deep consumer feedback loops, and a distribution strategy that turned K-beauty into a global export phenomenon. They trace a specific case: the rise of cushion compacts, which went from a local innovation in 2008 to a product category now sold by every major Western beauty brand. Lucas explains the three-layer moat — speed of formulation, consumer co-creation, and cultural storytelling — and why this model is…
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