The Pattern: Daily Culture Briefing
No. 200: Taobao's Uglies Award grows China's ugly goods market to 230 million yuan
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Taobao's Uglies Award grows China's ugly goods market to 230 million yuan. Taobao's Uglies Award, launched in 2020 as a quirky internal celebration, has seeded a 230-million-yuan market in deliberately unappealing products. Read the full edition: https://thepattern.media/editions/2026-09-12.html