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August 17, 2012
By Staff reports
Today in luxury marketing:
BMW's 'demo' sales boost results
BMW AG recently reported it sold 21,297 of its flagship-brand cars in the U.S. in July. But those numbers are not as straightforward as they appear, the Wall Street Journal said.
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