In-store sales associates heavily influence luxury purchase decisions: report
Posted ByKay SorinOn In Apparel and accessories,Featured,Industry sectors,Jewelry,Marketing,News,Research,Retail | No Comments{"ct":"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","iv":"31eb599976420b7fe7004daeeece539f","s":"412d1165702b8a35"}