TY - BOOK AU - Sicard, Marie-Claude TI - Luxury, lies, and marketing: : shattering the illusions of the luxury brand SN - 9781137264688 CY - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. KW - Luxuries KW - Social aspects KW - Trademarks KW - Marketing N1 - Translation of the author's Luxe, mensonges & marketing. Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-187) and index N2 - Uncovers the truth about luxury brand marketing and shows that, like any other commercial brand, they manipulate and influence their customers with traditional commercial techniques. Full of case studies and practical tools for understanding luxury brand marketing, the author provides frameworks to help companies with their own branding strategy ER -