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Old Oct 28, 2016 | 8:40 pm
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Indeed, many premium brands do just this.

You don't shop for diamond tiaras expecting a bargain: luxury jewellery prices are deliberately excessive so that customers' perceptions of value are nudged up...

Of course, the underlying product has to be good enough to sustain the illusion. Once people get the message that you're more Ratners then Boodles, you're into a world of pain
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