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“Mandu” and “Yangnyeom” Are Becoming Product Names in U.S. Retail
A walk through one Northbrook shopping center reveals a connected consumer ecosystem spanning K-food, K-beauty and Korean content
Across mainstream U.S. retail, mandu, kimchi, gochujang and yangnyeom are becoming brand language, while K-food, K-beauty and Korean IP increasingly reinforce one another along the same consumer journey.