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Walmart Continues Its Transformation Into A Technology Company

At this past June’s Walmart Associate and Shareholders Meeting, CEO Doug McMillon continually referred to Walmart as a “technology company.” That had many people scratching their heads saying, in effect, Walmart is not Microsoft, Google or Amazon, for heaven’s sake. MIT Technology Review asked, “Walmart wants us to believe it’s turning into a tech company?” Doubters need […]

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Luxury Brand Mergers And Acquisitions Ready To Multiply

The New York Times recently reported on “The Luxury Arms Race:  Michael Kors and Coach Target Takeovers.”  They wrote, “The global luxury market has long been dominated by three giants – LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Kering and Richemont. Now, it has two hungry American players with which to contend.”  That is Coach and Michael Kors both of […]

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For Luxury Brands Innovation Is No Luxury, But Necessity

In the 2017 State of the Luxury Industry Study, luxury industry insiders told us that “Innovation Strategies” were a key priority for their companies in the coming year. Because of the rapidly changing consumer marketplace, innovating with new products, new services, new marketing strategies and new ways to engage with the affluent customers is key. In […]

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Retail Innovation: How To Disruption-Proof Your Business

Traditional, long-established retailers feel much like sitting ducks today. While the National Retail Federation tries to encourage the industry with Vice President Pence playing cheerleader recently at the NRF Retail Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C. saying “The best days for American retailers are ahead,” most of those in the audience must have agreed, simply because retail seems […]

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How to Innovate Luxury Brands? Through Luxury Consumer Experiences

Today luxury and innovation are two terms that rarely go together.  The challenge, as identified in the State of Luxury 2017:  The Insider View study, is finding the balance between innovation and tradition, a subject that Mickey Alam Kahn, Luxury Daily’s editor in chief and I pondered in a recent blog. That blog resulted in […]

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