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December 27, 2013
By Staff reports
Today in luxury marketing:
Prada CEO explains why department stores can't have nice things
As one might expect, the chief executive officer of Prada, Patrizio Bertelli has a somewhat snobby take on United States department stores: They’re too low-rent, what with never-ending discounts, per Business Week.
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