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Online Luxury: An Interview With Portero.com

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2008-07-07 00:00:00 by Helene in The Luxe Chronicles
...luxury industry sit and ponder the far reaching ramifications of the recent rulings of two French courts against online auction site eBay (not to mention several other legal challenges currently working their way through the French legal system), luxury consumers could be forgiven for having cold feet where online auctions are concerned....
 
 
 
 
 
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Gucci reigns as the world's most coveted luxury brand

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2008-02-28 06:33:00 by Liz Wood in Designer Fashion Brands
...luxury brands survey conducted by The Nielsen Company reveals the world's most coveted luxury brands and finds that Gucci , the flagship brand of French luxury group PPR, is number one. One in five global consumers said they would choose to buy Gucci (over any other luxury brand) if money was no option, making the Italian fashion brand that...
 
 
 
 
 
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Auction Watch: A Bellwether For The Luxury Industry?

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2008-10-28 00:00:00 by Helene in The Luxe Chronicles
...luxury industry. While most will agree that luxury conglomerates such as LVMH, Groupe Richemont and PPR , the three industry leaders, have done better than expected to date, the sad reality is that the general economy has not quite caught up to financial markets yet and so we've only really begun to feel the impact of the current financial...
 
 
 
 
 
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Bottega Veneta Tops in Luxury

2008-06-13 22:22:00 by Foxie-Pooh in the Fashion Spot
 
...Luxury Institute Survey: Wealthy U.S. Consumers Rate Most Prestigious Women's Luxury Fashion Brands: Bottega Veneta, Hermes and Valentino MarketWire updated 11:00 a.m. ET, Tues., June. 3, 2008 NEW YORK, NY - High net-worth female consumers rated Bottega Veneta the most prestigious women's luxury fashion brand in the 2008 Luxury Brand Status...
 
 
 
 
 
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Counterfeit Luxury: EU Turns To Luxury Industry For Solutions

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2008-06-19 00:00:00 by Helene in The Luxe Chronicles
...luxury goods, the European Union recently announced that it plans to adopt no further legislation. Instead, it will look to the luxury industry itself for effective methods to combat the illegal trade. The statement was made recently by Charlie McCreevy, EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, during a high-level conference on...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Cult of the Luxury Brand

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2008-03-29 16:01:00 by Barneys Girl in I am Fashion
...Luxury Brand," by Radha Chadha and Paul Husband. I'm sure you can imagine why it might have caught my attention.... This book focuses on the cult of the luxury brand in Asia, which takes up 37% of the $80bn USD global luxury brand market, while Europe and US only take up 35% and 24% respectively. I think in this case, "cult" is definitely the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Luxury: The Party Is So Over.

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2008-11-25 00:00:00 by Helene in The Luxe Chronicles
...luxury brands were implementing modest price reductions in an effort to get the wealthy spending this holiday season couldn't help but remind me of the five stages of grief : denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Let me explain. Not too long ago, industry leaders sought to reassure us that luxury would do just fine thanks to...
 
 
 
 
 
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World's Most Desirable Luxury Brands

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2008-03-29 17:32:00 by eFashionHouse in Loft 102
...luxury brand lovers. That's according to an online survey conducted late last year by The Nielsen Company, a market research firm. It asked 25,000 consumers in 48 countries which luxury brand they would buy if money were no object. Besides Gucci, respondents chose Chanel , Calvin Klein, Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior (other-otc: CHDRF -...
 
 
 
 
 
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In Rare Move, Luxury-Goods Makers Trim Their Prices in U.S.

2008-11-19 15:05:55 by LoveLetter in the Fashion Spot
 
...luxury-goods makers are cutting prices on designer apparel, shoes and handbags in the U.S. market With even the biggest spenders starting to scrimp, luxury companies from Chanel S.A. to Versace SpA, Christian Louboutin and ChloƩ are reversing the industry's maxim that luxury prices only move up. The cuts range from 8% to 10% on most...