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Why Japanese Millennials Are Buying Used Makeup

Thrifty younger shoppers are scouring resale sites for Chanel and YSL Beauty, a phenomenon that reveals just how complex and contradictory the consumer psyche is in this luxury market worth $24 billion.
A woman applying makeup on the Japanese metro | Source: Shutterstock
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  • Zoe Suen

TOKYO, Japan —

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