Marketing
April 20, 2018
Most of luxury's growth has been driven by geographic expansion. Image credit: Ermenegildo Zegna
By Danny Parisi
LISBON, Portugal – For many luxury brands, focusing too heavily on arbitrary customer demographics such as age is far less effective than focusing on their geographic location.
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