Research
April 17, 2014
Harrods Digital Style Summit
By Joe McCarthy
Affluent consumers were 73 percent more likely than non-affluent consumers to make a purchase on luxury brand retail Web sites during the fourth quarter of 2013, according to a new index by Martini Media.
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