JAPAN: Demand for luxury goods shrinking, says analyst
Author: just-style.com | 2 January 2009
The strength of the yen against the Euro has led to several European luxury brands announcing price reductions in Japan on top of those already imposed as demand dries up in the world's top luxury cash cow.
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