Commerce
August 1, 2011
By Kayla Hutzler
Luxury retail conglomerate PPR announced a 7 percent revenue increase for the first half of 2011 that was mainly driven by emerging Asian markets and Internet shoppers, but luxury spending may soon be easing up.
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