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Understanding the fundamentals of the luxury industry

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The objective of Part 1 is to give a unique understanding of what the luxury industry is about and what differentiates it from other brand-centered industries.

We are not here to sell boilers and vats, but for the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.

Samuel Johnson, while auctioning off the contents of a brewery, 1781

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Gutsatz, M., Auguste, G. (2013). Understanding the fundamentals of the luxury industry. In: Luxury talent management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137270672_1

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