Marketing
June 16, 2017
Consumers look beyond price tags for luxury. Image credit: Neiman Marcus
By Brielle Jaekel
As luxury continues to struggle to compete with new-wave retail that provides product of equal quality, but at lesser price points, marketers should focus on deep core values to strike a cord with affluent consumers.
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