Fashion disaster
Anti-extravagance rules can be bad for business if you make handbags

By KS
SOME things are just too good to last. China’s seemingly insatiable appetite for luxury—which has been powering the industry’s profits for over a decade—is, it seems, one of those things. Prada, an Italian luxury fashion group that also owns brands such as Miu Miu and Church’s, has become the latest firm to see the country's diminishing appetite reflected in their bottom line.

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