About the Author

Douglas B. Holt holds the L’Oréal Chair of Marketing at the University of Oxford. He earned a Ph.D. in Marketing from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School, an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, and an A.B. from Stanford University. Holt moved to Oxford in 2004, following appointments at Pennsylvania State University, the University of Illinois, and the Harvard Business School. He has published widely on consumption and brands from cultural and sociological perspectives.

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