The Business of Fashion
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
Agenda-setting intelligence, analysis and advice for the global fashion community.
With the top 2 percent of luxury customers driving 40 percent of luxury sales, the ultra-wealthy are spending more on luxury than ever before. Yet amid a broader market slowdown, winning them over is becoming a competitive battleground for brands.
BoF’s luxury correspondent Robert Williams, alongside report author Tamison O’Connor, Mytheresa’s chief customer experience officer and managing director Isabel May and Bain & Company’s senior partner Claudia D’Arpizio, will share valuable lessons on how cultivating personal relationships and crafting memorable experiences for shoppers can help brands stand out among competitors.
Exclusive to BoF Professional members.
The ultra-wealthy are spending more on luxury than ever before — and, amid a broader market slowdown, winning them over is becoming a competitive battleground for brands. BoF breaks down how strategies from Gucci, Mytheresa and Tiffany & Co. are successfully building closer relationships with top clients.
The Swiss watch sector’s slide appears to be more pronounced than the wider luxury slowdown, but industry insiders and analysts urge perspective.
The LVMH-linked firm is betting its $545 million stake in the Italian shoemaker will yield the double-digit returns private equity typically seeks.
The Coach owner’s results will provide another opportunity to stick up for its acquisition of rival Capri. And the Met Gala will do its best to ignore the TikTok ban and labour strife at Conde Nast.
The former CFDA president sat down with BoF founder and editor-in-chief Imran Amed to discuss his remarkable life and career and how big business has changed the fashion industry.