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Local luxury retailers are poised to succeed post-pandemic. Two industry veterans share their strategies.

The 2008 financial crisis put many local American retailers out of business, but the survivors are now stronger than ever.

In a world where many brick-and-mortar stores are struggling, the ability to curate a buy for the quirks of local taste has given some independent retailers rare power.

"The fashion world, that is. Don’t believe it? Tag along to Paris and watch the seas part for Chicago’s imperious force of couture."