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Luxury and the power of enigma

April 25, 2017

Hermès has retained its mystique and sense of enigma even as it has contemporized and grown sales to luxury behemoth scale. Image credit: Hermès Hermès has retained its mystique and sense of enigma even as it has contemporized and grown sales to luxury behemoth scale. Image credit: Hermès

 

By Ashok Som

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