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Brand Innovation Debrief: Selfridges

Amid a global decline in department stores, Selfridges defies the trend through innovative strategies and a bold vision for the future.

Retail : Selfridges : Luxury

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Brand Innovation Debrief:  Alo Yoga

Alo Yoga has grown from its Los Angeles home into a globally renowned and coveted brand, using aspirational luxury, the rise of sporty lifestyles a...

Fashion : Sports & Leisure : Retail

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Harrods is opening a multi-sensory virtual reality cinema

Harrods has teamed up with VR cinema company xydrobe to launch a multi-sensory virtual reality cinema experience in the Knightsbridge department st...

Retail : Technology : Luxury

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Louis Vuitton opens first chocolate store in Singapore

Luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton has taken a delectable leap beyond its French borders with the inauguration of Le Chocolat Maxime Frédéric, an e...

Luxury : Food : Indulgence

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Stat: Most luxury shoppers expect retailers to upgrade the boutique experience with tech

Technology can elevate customer experiences within bricks-and-mortar retail, new research shows.

Luxury : Technology : Society

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Weaving Omani Heritage into Haute Parfumerie

Amouage's chief creative officer Renaud Salmon talks to LS:N Global about embarking on a global retail expansion that creates a multisensory and a...

Luxury : Perfume : Middle East

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Stat: Global luxury market could grow by double-digit figure in 2023

A new report by management consultancy Bain & Co and Italian luxury association Altagamma predicts that the global luxury market will grow between ...

Luxury : Luxury Shoppers Experience : Modern Luxury

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Three Takeaways from VivaTech 2023

At Europe’s biggest start-up and tech event, VivaTech (14–17 June, Paris), AI was unsurprisingly the dominating topic, but also notable were new au...

Technology : Design : Retail

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Gen Z and Luxury’s Future: FT Business of Luxury 2023

The 2023 FT Business of Luxury summit held in Monaco (21–23 May) offered a deep dive into decoding Gen Z consumers and the ensuing implications for...

Luxury : Gen Z : Youth

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Prada enters the homeware market with Harrods’ help

Making its first move into homeware, Prada is launching a collection of objects and domestic accessories that will be available exclusively at Harr...

Luxury : Design : Premium Homeware Market

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Augmenting Automotive Retail

In the pandemic age, luxury car retail is driving in a new direction, turning to virtual experiences and anti-sales showrooms to win customers' spend.

Luxury : Retail : Automotive

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Why creative campaigns will win women’s luxury spend

When it comes to the allure of luxury, self-purchasing females are being drawn in through video marketing, says Marty Hurwitz, co-founder of MVI Ma...

Luxury : Retail : Advertising

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How The Restory is making luxury repairs an essential retail service

Vanessa Jacobs, founder of the accessories restoration company, on the growing demand for luxury goods repairs – and why brands must pay attention.

Luxury : Fashion : Retail

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Live luxury

London – Farfetch has unveiled the beta version of its Store of the Future concept.

Farfetch : Retail : Phygital

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Made in America

New York – The Ensign is a new e-commerce platform dedicated to American menswear designers.

Menswear : New York : Civic Brands

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Stephanie Horton: Farfetch

The secrets of selling luxury online.

Farfetch : Luxury Retail : Content Marketing

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Cross-border luxury

Global – A new study by Contactlab and Exane BNP Paribas shows that some consumers spend more on luxury goods when they travel than at home.

Luxury : Luxury Retail : Travel

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Global Luxury Market: Part 1

The sector is re-envisaging and redefining what luxury will mean in the 21st century.

Global Luxury : Market Overview : New Luxury Millennials

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Free-rein fashion

New York – Department store Bergdorf Goodman is giving brands free rein to design their own spaces in its renovated luxury lifestyle space on the s...

Bergdorf Goodman : The Modernist Floor : Luxury Retail

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Design synergy

Mexico City – Anatole 13 is a new luxury retail space that combines modern art, design, fashion, food and drink.

Savvy Studio : Anatole 13 : Luxury Retail

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Home-town hero: Detroit brand Shinola ventures overseas

London – Detroit luxury watch and crafted goods brand Shinola has opened its first store outside the US.

Shinola : London : Re-Con Man

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Neiman Marcus app enables customers to shop using photos

American luxury department store chain Neiman Marcus has added a Snap.Find.Shop. feature to its app that lets customers search for products us...

Neiman Marcus : Mobile : Visual-Search Commerce

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Andy Millns: The dawn of the VR revolution

Andy Millns, co-founder and creative director of production company Inition, explains the great potential of Oculus Rift for brands.

Luxury Retail : Oculus Rift : Virtual Reality

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Fortnum & Mason collection goes on sale at Lane Crawford

Piccadilly luxury retailer Fortnum & Mason has joined forces with Hong Kong department store retailer Lane Crawford on a new range of pro...

Fortnum & Mason : Lane Crawford : China's New Emerging Affluents

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Complex ambitions: Shopping centre re-invents Oslo luxury retail

Oslo – Luxury shopping in Norway’s capital has entered a new phase with a dramatic redesign of Paleet mall and the opening of the centre’s concep...

Oslo : Luxury Retail : Redesign