Ju Rhyu, co-founder and CEO of Hero Cosmetics, discusses the company's business performance during the early COVID-19 pandemic.
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“No, we didn't. I mean. Luckily, we were in the channels that were still deemed, like, essential retailers, so Amazon was still online, Target was deemed essential retailers, so so we really didn't see much impact.”
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