YOOX’s Luxury Division hires 100 new personal shoppers for EIPs, the most loyal and valued customers

      The role of personal shopper has evolved hugely in recent years. They will anticipate luxury customers’ ever-changing luxury needs and solve their wardrobe dilemmas before they even arise. According to Alison Loehnis, President, Luxury Division, YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP, the personal shopper becomes part of the EIP’s (Extremely Important People) daily lives. YOOX NET-A-PORTER … Read more

COURBET : The ‘disruptive’ French Sustainable Jewellery brand that even refuses ‘fairmined’ gold and diamonds

    By Philippe Mihailovich & Caroline Taylor In line with 21st Century youth who are now demanding vegan leathers be used by luxury brands, we are now witnessing the emergence of a ‘sustainable’ high-end jewellery house on the famous Place Vendôme*, for whom anything mined is considered harmful to the environment and thereby unacceptable. … Read more

Made by Humans: predictions for the future of luxury retail

  The vision for the future of luxury retail according to Yoox Net-A-Porter Group Chairman and CEO, Federico Marchetti. Last month, Yoox Net-A-Porter Group Chairman & CEO Federico Marchetti took the stage at the 2019 World Retail Congress in Amsterdam, the event bringing together the leaders of the global retail industry to discover the latest … Read more

The five: robot farmers

Will robots be the answer to labour shortages on farms? Our pick of the best planting, weeding and harvesting machines

Statement t-shirts supporting Women for Women on International Women’s Day

      Luxury online fashion retailer Net-a-Porter is once again supporting the humanitarian work of Women for Women International in partnership with six talented female fashion designers. According to Alison Loehnis, President NET-A-PORTER & MR PORTER, the work of Women for Women International is a wonderful testimony of sisterhood and the luxury online retailer … Read more