TikTok maker ByteDance takes aim at lifestyle leader Xiaohongshu with new app

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BEIJING : TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance is looking for its next big hit by wading deeper into the lifestyle sector of social media with Kesong, a shopping and lifestyle recommendations app similar to market leader Xiaohongshu.Kesong, launched last week, allows users to share photos, videos and write-up

BEIJING : TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance is looking for its next big hit by wading deeper into the lifestyle sector of social media with Kesong, a shopping and lifestyle recommendations app similar to market leader Xiaohongshu.

It emulates Xiaohongshu, often likened to Meta Platforms Inc's Instagram and which is widely considered the embodiment of"planting grass" - the notion that reviews can entice readers or followers to buy a product or service. Hardware and software maker ByteDance was valued at around $300 billion in recent trades and has become known as something of an app factory. It has produced a string of hits from news aggregator Toutiao to short video app Douyin and its overseas equivalent TikTok, China's most successful app abroad.

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