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This year's Salone Internazionale del Mobile defied the credit crunch with an optimistic mood and a record number of visitors - 348,000 in total, 29 per cent more than 2007, 210,000 of whom came from abroad. Visitors from booming South American countries were particularly strong.
Writer: Sarah Balmond Photographer: Federica Bottoli
Milan
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