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Designer Jeans Thrive in Tight Times

Pants provide 'affordable luxury'

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted May 22, 2009 9:16 AM CDT

(Newser) – The economy may be tight, but consumers aren’t cutting their pricey denim loose, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sales of premium brand jeans climbed 17% in 2008 and continued a smaller increase into this year—one of the few bits of good news for...   Read full story »

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