More interestingly, this Yakult business is quite idiosyncratic. To think that there are tens of thousands of ladies traveling on bicycles or motorcycles selling Yakult door to door. Maybe thousands of pretty girls moving around with distinguishable Yakult gear in Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, Brazil, South Korea…
If a girl as pretty as Shizuka knocked at my door I’d probably buy some of her Yakult even though I hate edulcorated diary products.
A Yakult lady (ヤクルトレディー; Yakuruto redī), also known as an Yakult auntie (ヤクルトおばさん; Yakuruto obasan) is a woman who sells Yakult products as an employee or delivers the products door to door to individuals at their homes. They sell and market Yakult products while riding bicycles, motorcycles, or other automobiles. They wear the company’s uniform, including a hat and a pair of gloves. Men such as Kazuhisa Ishii have also worked as Yakult “ladies”. The Yakult lady home delivery system was introduced in 1963 while the Yakult Lady System started in 1981.
There have been many cases in which a Yakult lady’s social standing has become more like that of an entrepreneur than that of a part-time worker. They are fairly similar to retail stores licensed to sell the products by Yakult themselves.
Read that Yakult is sold in 31 countries around the world, but Yakult ladies only sell and distribute in Asian countries such as China, India, the Philippines and Indonesia as well as Central and South American countries such as Brazil.
And that although Yakult is sold in Western countries, Yakult ladies do not operate there. A trial of the system was introduced to Australia in 1994 but it was eventually disbanded
Should have seen the Evil tag. . .
Hated this.
Got fooled by the incredibly pretty cover photos . . .
What’s so bad about this video?
More interestingly, this Yakult business is quite idiosyncratic. To think that there are tens of thousands of ladies traveling on bicycles or motorcycles selling Yakult door to door. Maybe thousands of pretty girls moving around with distinguishable Yakult gear in Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, Brazil, South Korea…
If a girl as pretty as Shizuka knocked at my door I’d probably buy some of her Yakult even though I hate edulcorated diary products.
A Yakult lady (ヤクルトレディー; Yakuruto redī), also known as an Yakult auntie (ヤクルトおばさん; Yakuruto obasan) is a woman who sells Yakult products as an employee or delivers the products door to door to individuals at their homes. They sell and market Yakult products while riding bicycles, motorcycles, or other automobiles. They wear the company’s uniform, including a hat and a pair of gloves. Men such as Kazuhisa Ishii have also worked as Yakult “ladies”. The Yakult lady home delivery system was introduced in 1963 while the Yakult Lady System started in 1981.
There have been many cases in which a Yakult lady’s social standing has become more like that of an entrepreneur than that of a part-time worker. They are fairly similar to retail stores licensed to sell the products by Yakult themselves.
Read that Yakult is sold in 31 countries around the world, but Yakult ladies only sell and distribute in Asian countries such as China, India, the Philippines and Indonesia as well as Central and South American countries such as Brazil.
And that although Yakult is sold in Western countries, Yakult ladies do not operate there. A trial of the system was introduced to Australia in 1994 but it was eventually disbanded