Posts Tagged: Luxury

Changing Expectations of a Luxury Automobile?

An article in the WSJ about the ongoing Frankfurt Motor Show discusses the seemingly conflicting consumers demands that luxury automakers are attempting to fulfill: desire for the best performance possible yet also a growing demand for greener, more enviro products.

Changing Expectations of a Luxury Automobile?

An article in the WSJ about the ongoing Frankfurt Motor Show discusses the seemingly conflicting consumers demands that luxury automakers are attempting to fulfill: desire for the best performance possible yet also a growing demand for greener, more enviro products.

Kickass Vending Machines

More cool things from Japan take over the world… Changing consumer preferences about shopping and the high cost of operating brick-and-mortar stores are inspiring premium brands to rethink how they hawk their wares. And with examples overseas showing there is

Kickass Vending Machines

More cool things from Japan take over the world… Changing consumer preferences about shopping and the high cost of operating brick-and-mortar stores are inspiring premium brands to rethink how they hawk their wares. And with examples overseas showing there is

Creative Commerce Debate Rages On

I can’t wait to read this – I’m debating whether to muddle through in French or wait for the translation. Perhaps Mauvais Garcon could become my spring challenge. Art v fashion, is precisely how the journalist and writer Marie-Dominique Lelièvre

Creative Commerce Debate Rages On

I can’t wait to read this – I’m debating whether to muddle through in French or wait for the translation. Perhaps Mauvais Garcon could become my spring challenge. Art v fashion, is precisely how the journalist and writer Marie-Dominique Lelièvre

Coach Holds Its Own

Coach continues to be the envy of many retailers on the block, despite the challenging recession environment. It’s another one of those workhorse case studies that I pull out for study in many business scenarios. The two areas I often

Coach Holds Its Own

Coach continues to be the envy of many retailers on the block, despite the challenging recession environment. It’s another one of those workhorse case studies that I pull out for study in many business scenarios. The two areas I often

The Cookie Monster Will Return

Anybody else out there not really buying all these “things are looking up!!! really!!!” pieces in the media? I just have to see how my own business has a much different flow than it’s had in years past to know

The Cookie Monster Will Return

Anybody else out there not really buying all these “things are looking up!!! really!!!” pieces in the media? I just have to see how my own business has a much different flow than it’s had in years past to know

Mid-Price Luxury Thrives in Tough Times

I’m looking for bright spots to post this week and this article on fashion brands doing well caught my eye. I am particularly heartened to see the booming Isabel Marant numbers. Like every other wannabe honorary French femme, I love

Mid-Price Luxury Thrives in Tough Times

I’m looking for bright spots to post this week and this article on fashion brands doing well caught my eye. I am particularly heartened to see the booming Isabel Marant numbers. Like every other wannabe honorary French femme, I love

McQueen Hearts Social Media

Another high fashion embrace of the pedestrian internet and social media. I own nothing by McQueen, I have a hard time imagining that I would ever fit into anything (and that it would look as it should) by McQueen, not

McQueen Hearts Social Media

Another high fashion embrace of the pedestrian internet and social media. I own nothing by McQueen, I have a hard time imagining that I would ever fit into anything (and that it would look as it should) by McQueen, not

LiLo + Ungaro = (surprise!) Disaster

Lindsay Lohan and Spanish designer Estrella Archs showed off their new hot mess of a Spring 2010 Ungaro collection today in Paris. And the Fashion World’s Mean Girls could simply not stop ragging on how bad it was. (To be

LiLo + Ungaro = (surprise!) Disaster

Lindsay Lohan and Spanish designer Estrella Archs showed off their new hot mess of a Spring 2010 Ungaro collection today in Paris. And the Fashion World’s Mean Girls could simply not stop ragging on how bad it was. (To be

Change Is In The Air: Luxury Online

Yet another example of how this new-fangled internet is messing with old hierarchies. At the D&G runway show in Milan last week, the chief executives of Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman were relegated to second-row and third-row

Change Is In The Air: Luxury Online

Yet another example of how this new-fangled internet is messing with old hierarchies. At the D&G runway show in Milan last week, the chief executives of Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman were relegated to second-row and third-row

Making Luxury Relevant in Today’s Economy

This fold out poster came with my October Elle magazine (this is just a piece) and I think it a great positioning move for the venerable luxury brand. The poster shows over 70 Sartorialist – inspired snapshots of decidedly downtown

Making Luxury Relevant in Today’s Economy

This fold out poster came with my October Elle magazine (this is just a piece) and I think it a great positioning move for the venerable luxury brand. The poster shows over 70 Sartorialist – inspired snapshots of decidedly downtown