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I forgot about that one. Get rid of Hermes branding too.

But then they'd lose the brand conscious customers that Angela worked so hard to get, by teaming up with brands with more cachet in their target market.

People may not buy Apple for sports, but they'll buy Nike. They might not think mass produced Apple products are exclusive, but they'll buy Hermes. And so forth.
 
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