Archive | May, 2021

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Pandora and Diamond Foundry Answer Consumers’ Growing Demand for Lab-Grown Diamonds

Lab-grown diamonds, the manmade alternative to naturally-grown diamonds, have faced an uphill battle to be recognized by the jewelry industry as an acceptable alternative to mined diamonds. Now Pandora, the world’s largest jewelry company by volume, and Diamond Foundry, one of the nation’s leading producers of lab-grown diamonds, are out with news that prove the […]

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Tapestry’s Coach Rebounds, Thanks to Data Discipline and Accessible Luxury Positioning

Tapestry gave a stellar performance in third quarter 2021, reporting revenues reached $1.28 billion, advancing 19% from $1.07 billion same quarter last year. On the news, TPR stock ended the week up 5% to $49.12, just pennies shy of its 52-week high of $49.66. Corporate results lagged slightly behind $1.33 billion reported in 3Q2019 due […]

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‘Shop Small, Shop Local’ Message Is Independent Retailers’ Best Hope for Pandemic Recovery

The overarching story of retail in 2020, the pandemic year, is that the big just got bigger. The biggest categories – food and beverage stores, general merchandise stores (with the exception of department stores), building materials and supplies dealers and electronic shopping – all got bigger and the biggest retailers in each of those categories […]

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Luxury Brands and China: An Increasingly Risky Dependency

LVMH just came out with a strong first quarter 2021 report, reassuring industry watchers that the Covid pandemic is finally in the rearview mirror for the luxury market. Total revenues reached €14 billion, nearly equal to $17 billion, with organic revenue growth over same period last year up 30%, excluding currency fluctuations and its acquisition of […]

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