AFAIU there's a long-standing practice of hiring fake patrons, often attractive women, to promote alcohol brands, bars, or nightclubs. Then there's the history

AFAIU there's a long-standing practice of hiring fake patrons, often attractive women, to promote alcohol brands, bars, or nightclubs. Then there's the history of claquers: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claque https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claque> All that's old is new again / Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.