In RH’s first quarter 2024 report to Wall Street, CEO Gary Friedman tried to put a positive spin on otherwise depressing news – the lipstick-on-a-pig metaphor comes to mind.For years, Friedman has defined the long-term vision for RH to “climb the luxury mountain,” but it reached its peak in fiscal 2021 with revenues of $3.8 […]
Archive | June, 2024
Are Luxury Consumers Ready For Chanel To Change Creative Direction?
Rumors have persisted for years that Chanel’s artistic director Virginie Viard was on her way out. However, in early May at the Marseille cruise collection show, Chanel president of fashion and accessories Bruno Pavlovsky disabused those rumors, emphatically stating to Fashion Network:“Virginie is doing extremely well. You know, ever since she succeeded Karl Lagerfeld, certain […]
Luxury Brands Have An Innovation Gap: Here’s The Fix
In the classic Annie Hall movie, Woody Allen’s character memorably said, “A relationship is like a shark. It has to constantly move forward or it dies.” Brands are a lot like sharks. To avoid dying, they’ve got to keep moving forward and that means they must innovate.For legacy luxury brands steeped in heritage, innovation presents a challenge. […]
How Luxury Brands Can Bridge The Innovation Gap With GenAI
There’s lots of talk in luxury brand circles about GenAI reshaping luxury innovation. The upcoming Luxury Innovation Summit to be held in October in Geneva will be devoted to exactly that topic. Over 500 executives are expected to attend to find out how.For legacy luxury brands steeped in heritage, innovation presents a challenge. Too much change implemented […]
Hermès Is Close On Chanel’s Heels As Luxury’s Number Two Brand And Gaining Ground
Chanel just announced revenues rose 16% to $19.7 billion in 2023 on a comparable basis at constant currency. It exceeded the 14% organic growth of industry leader LVMH’s Fashion and Leather Goods reporting segment but fell short of Hermès’ 21% advance on constant exchange rates, yet it surpassed Hermès in revenues of $14.5 billion (€13.4 […]