In Shenzhen, the world's largest electronics market gets a cosmetics makeover

Chinese consumers have a growing appetite for cosmetics. - Reuters

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters): It's 10pm in the world's largest electronics market, and lines of delivery workers who once hauled computer components and knock-off phones now push carts overflowing with Mac lipsticks, Bioderma cleansers and other foreign beauty brands.

The electronics sellers for which Huaqiangbei is famous have mostly gone home, but the wholesale cosmetics merchants crammed into 1,400 stalls in the sprawling market's Mingtong mall will be working until 2am to meet booming demand.