Major luxury players know scaling up confers enormous benefits in their pursuit of further growth. Image credit: Gucci, Haitong Zheng
“Buy Less, Buy Better” means luxury leaders are only going to get stronger
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Major luxury players know scaling up confers enormous benefits in their pursuit of further growth. Image credit: Gucci, Haitong Zheng
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