Upon taking his position, Root stepped in and altered some of the new design, getting rid of such fixtures as Vichy showers, which can be expensive to operate and difficult to explain to spa novices, and severely limit a room's flexibility.

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Lighting fixtures, freed from fragile and bulky bulbs, will see a revolution in design.

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