The Designer Resale boutique has created a defined culture with a good strategy, well- executed.

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Kang worked as a secondary designer at a boutique while Yoon passed time at a conglomerate.

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Dawn Younger-Smith, a fashion designer who owns a boutique by the same name.

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Swati Argade, a clothing designer who promotes her Bhoomki boutique in the Brooklyn borough of New York City as "ethically fashioned, " says people have been more conscious about where their clothes come from.

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Although Marriott International has its own luxury subsidiary hotel brands like the Ritz-Carlton, it has teamed up with hotel designer Ian Schrager to launch its first boutique brand later this year.

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The designer merchandise will appeal to the aspirational customer who would like some special gifts from this holiday boutique.

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