Exploring cosmetics advertising in southern China - An investigation of Hong Kong and Shenzhen

International Journal of Advertising

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Barnes, Bradley R ^a   Siu, Noel Y M ^b   Yu, Qionglei ^c   Chan, Sally S Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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