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Influencer peddling is all the rage in China.

Online, of course, but now more than ever before, on the actual trade fair floor as well, where rapid-fire hawking of product over multiple mobile phones direct to China's billion-plus consumers

has never been this, well, in your face.

I don't know how they talk so much.

Everything you would possibly need to know about Vietnamese iced tea.

And other products from overseas, doesn't matter if it's New Zealand milk powder and ice cream or Italian cleaning supplies, complete with a Mandarin-speaking European.

They're all competing for Chinese cyber shoppers in a market where around 40% of all retail sales are now done online.

Online shopping in China is growing at three times the pace of traditional retail, with many brick-and-mortar outlets feeling that pain.

CPI did pick up slightly in October, but overall retail spending is expected to have slowed again as households hold on to savings amid economic uncertainty.