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April 22, 2013
By Staff reports
Today in luxury marketing:
Hermès takes majority stake in watch case maker
French luxury group Hermès has acquired a majority stake in Swiss watch case maker Joseph Erard, another step in a wave of consolidation that has seen watch industry players integrated in large luxury concerns, according to Reuters.
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