Cai Cai selling flowers in a makeshift studio at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. Demand for cut flowers has soared in China as standards of living have risen, with the southern province of Yunnan at the epicentre of that boom thanks to its all-year mild climate. — AFP
KUNMING, China: Boxes of roses, lilies and carnations pile up as influencer Caicai speaks into her smartphone from a small studio at Asia’s biggest flower market – with thousands of customers eagerly awaiting her view on the best deals.
E-commerce is big business in China and influencers and livestreamers have made their fortunes showcasing products for luxury brands and cosmetics firms.
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Cai Cai selling flowers in a makeshift studio at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. Demand for cut flowers has soared in China as standards of living have risen, with the southern province of Yunnan at the epicentre of that boom thanks to its all-year mild climate. — AFP
Employees sorting flowers in a warehouse at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. — AFP
Influencer Bi Xixi dressed in traditional costume doing a livestream at the Dounan Flower Market to sell flowers with her phone in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. — AFP
An employee working in a warehouse at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. — AFP
Flower buyers attending an electronic online auction in an amphitheatre at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. — AFP
An employee hauling a cart of flowers in a warehouse at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. — AFP
A flower buyer checking flowers in a warehouse at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. — AFP
Various flowers in rectangular boxes piled up in a warehouse at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. — AFP
A man walking past flowers in rectangular boxes in a warehouse at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. — AFP
Flower buyers attending an electronic online auction in an amphitheatre at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. — AFP
Flower buyers attending an electronic online auction in an amphitheatre at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. — AFP
A vendor selling preserved flowers at his stall at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. — AFP
Employees hauling boxes of flowers from a truck in a warehouse at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. — AFP
An employee hauling a cart of flowers in a warehouse at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. — AFP
Influencer Bi Xixi dressed in traditional costume doing a livestream at the Dounan Flower Market to sell flowers with her phone in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. — AFP
A vendor sorting flowers at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. — AFP
An employee transferring flowers in a warehouse at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. — AFP
Flower buyers checking flowers in a warehouse at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. — AFP
Influencer Bi Xixi (left) dressed in traditional costume doing a livestream at the Dounan Flower Market to sell flowers with her phone in Kunming in southwestern China's Yunnan province. — AFP
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