Several personal shopping services aim to get their clients exactly what they want, by plane, train or automobile.
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Sukeena Rao didn’t flinch when she picked up the phone.
One of her clients was panicking. She had arrived at a luxury resort in Indonesia for a friend’s 40th birthday party, and realized how poorly she’d packed.
Ms. Rao, 45, a two-decade, personal-shopping veteran at stores like Harrods and Harvey Nichols, didn’t flinch. She swung into action, securing a few key items at luxury stores in Singapore and dispatching them to the client via three flights, and had them hand delivered by a contact.
“When
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