Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster

Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster

Documents how luxury goods have been transformed by a shift from exclusive distribution practices by quality-minded family businesses to mass production by profit-minded big corporations, revealing th…

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