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David Blecken
Sep 24, 2014

Men without women don’t make for good marketing: JWT

SPIKES ASIA - When male creatives try out female beauty products because they have no female peers with whom to discuss the feelings of actual women, the industry has a problem.

L-R: Valerie Cheng, Polly Chu

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