Luxury and Amazon
from the would-you-like-a-rolex-or-two dept
It looks like Amazon.com is now interested in providing luxury goods to some of its customers, linking up with Ashford.com (a company that provides luxury goods). In the deal Amazon have agreed to some co-marketing and have also purchased about 17% of Ashford. One thing they might be forgetting is if your buying an $8,000 diamond necklace, would you really want to buy it over the net!
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