Marketing
January 2, 2020
Sky's the limit: Hermès gets the luxury formula right, and will continue to do so in the Twenties. Image credit:Hermès. Illustration by Marc Antoine Mathieu
By Mickey Alam Khan
The urge to resist December punditry was tremendous, but staying silent would mean abdicating responsibility to luxury brands and retailers trying to figure out their strategy for the 2020s.
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