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Luxury
Are Department Stores Still Relevant?
Selfridges’ sale for a lofty $5.4 billion suggests there is still life in the department store model. But how to grow in a shrinking category?
Luxury
LVMH’s Billion Dollar Retail Bet
The luxury giant has spent 15 years and nearly $1 billion resurrecting Parisian department store La Samaritaine. Does it still make sense?