In an attempt to find growth, the companies are, again, turning to multichannel, believing that when channels coordinate, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Although e-commerce continues to register double-digital growth year-over-year, online sales have not matched the hype and vision evangelized over the last 15 years. In the same vein, … Read more
American Express Business Insights Data Show Full-Price Online Luxury Fashion Spending Sizzling The new data released from American Express Business Insights during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week revealed additional telling shifts in luxury fashion spending both in US and abroad. While young Gen Y consumers are demonstrating a growing hunger for full-priced online luxury, Seniors are showing … Read more
L’Oréal and NVIDIA are using AI to build formulas that actually work — faster, smarter, and with zero guesswork. Imagine a laboratory where no beaker is ever tipped, no compound ever burns, and no researcher endures a single failed test batch — because the entire experiment has already been run, a thousand times over, in … Read more
If the luxury world had a mood this fortnight, it would be restless elegance. Boardrooms are reshuffling, creative directors are bowing out, iconic brands are chasing new identities, and the markets are sending mixed signals. From a royal Burberry capsule to Porsche’s worst year in over a decade, from Kering’s painful surgery to Dubai’s bulletproof … Read more
Every decade, luxury declares itself “at a turning point,” pours another magnum of optimism, and quietly raises prices. But this time, something genuinely structural is happening. From creative-director musical chairs to bankrupt department stores and gold‑priced gold, the industry is being forced to answer a very awkward question: what exactly are we selling for all … Read more
As the world prepares for the transition into the Year of the Horse (and whispers of the Snake for those still lingering in early 2026), the luxury spirits sector has decided that a simple red box is no longer the price of admission. After two decades on this beat, the observer sees a clear shift: … Read more