Retail
October 18, 2018
Consumers are now in control. Image credit: Penninsula
By Brielle Jaekel
NEW YORK – The retail business has evolved so quickly that the meaning of luxury is vastly different than it was in the past, with customers driving innovation rather than the other way around, according to an executive from jewelry startup AUrate.
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