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China’s Herborist beauty brand uses natural ingredients such as mulberry bark and red peony as it taps into a desire for products inspired by traditional Chinese medicine. Today it’s a hit, with 1,200 shops and counters in about 250 cities. But it took seven years to break into profit.
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