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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I disagree. I think the goal of almost every upscale store is to sell to the middle class, while keeping their upscale credentials intact. Making every housewife feel like they are unwanted in their stores and not good enough for their product with one hand, while selling them thousands of dollars worth of crap they can't afford and don't really want with the other is the trick. You fuck with that formula (and Oprah can, by telling them that they, like she, is actually not wanted in their stores), they've got a serious problem.
And God forbid there is real racism behind it.
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Hermes is a French company, non? While this could hurt there US sales, the corresponding boost in their homeland of France, the rest of Europe and parts of Asia should more than make up for it.
