Commerce
March 30, 2015
Four Seasons bed
By Kay Sorin
NEW YORK – Catering to the consumer is the most essential marketing strategy for brands of any size, according to an executive at the Columbia Business School Retail & Luxury Goods Conference on March 27.
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