Selling Sexy: Victoria’s Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon

Selling Sexy: Victoria’s Secret and the Unraveling of an American Icon

The story of how Victoria’s Secret skyrocketed from a tiny chain of boutiques to a retail phenomenon with more than $8 billion in annual sales at its peak—all while defining an impossible beauty stand…

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