Marketing
July 5, 2019
Hodinkee is one of many luxury businesses to jump on Apple Business Chat. Image credit: Hondinkee
By Brielle Jaekel
While WeChat has become such a prolific force in China, Western brands are rethinking how to interact with consumers via text message by leveraging Apple's Business Chat.
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