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February 19, 2026
Trust and steady tenure within luxury is key for stable and successful client relationships. Image credit: Shutterstock, Iryna Inshyna
By Luxury Marketer Intelligence
Leading market researcher Luxury Institute is tackling the problems of low productivity, high employee churn and disruption of valuable client relationships with the launch of its Relationship Mastery Index.
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