Luxury retail is the world of high-priced, high-polish shopping where atmosphere and attention are part of the product. A $15,000 singing bird belongs firmly in that world, where staff are expected to read customers carefully and never make them feel small. Kelly Clarkson’s Pretty Woman comparison stung precisely because luxury retail’s oldest sin is judging a shopper’s wallet by their outfit — the very scene the film made famous.
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