Dugan: Pottery Barn Kids was the gold standard in children's catalog marketing
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Serena Dugan, co-founder of Serena & Lily, explains her early career decorative painting work for Pottery Barn Kids catalog photo shoots.
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“These are the days of Pottery Barn kids being kind of the gold standard in baby and kids catalogs, magazines marketing, brand, etc.”
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