Is Apple really a luxury-sector brand?
Posted By a Luxury Daily columnist On In Columns,Featured,Opinion | No Comments{"ct":"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","iv":"c3b4c7cdbeb4b62a99869e27c51e061b","s":"a3b55fd28dec9348"}
