Designers Fight Store Discounts

Sales scare away brand loyalists, they say

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Apr 16, 2009 9:33 AM CDT

(Newser) – Department-store sales may woo bargain shoppers, but they turn off the high-end base luxury designers cater to, Christina Binkley writes in the Wall Street Journal, and cut into those designers’ profits and brand control. Discounts last Thanksgiving set off a chain reaction that collapsed high-end... Read full story »

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