Ermenegildo Zegna Group just delivered preliminary revenue results for fiscal 2023, and they’re impressive. Revenues advanced 28% year-over-year, up from $1.6 billion (€1.5 billion) to $2.1 billion (€$1.9 billion). These are unaudited results and the final earnings report is to come, yet it’s a remarkable performance in a turbulent personal luxury goods market that only […]
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RSS feed for this sectionRalph Lauren Home May Return To Its Glory Days With New Luxury Furniture Partner Haworth
Ralph Lauren has signed a long-term agreement with the family-owned, Michigan-based Haworth Lifestyle Design group to expand the production and distribution of Ralph Lauren’s luxury furniture business. Starting on April 1, 2024, Haworth will do the heavy lifting in product development, sourcing, manufacturing, product marketing and wholesale account management for the brand’s line of Italian-made […]
Can Ralph Lauren Go ‘Back to the Future’ to Rebuild its Home Furnishing Business?
Ralph Lauren Corporation just delivered sobering first-quarter news. Revenues declined 66% year-over-year, from $1.4 billion in first-quarter 2019 to $487.5 million, and net income dropped from $128 million compared to a gain of $117.1 million last year. Stock prices ended the day of the announcement at $66.68, falling from $119 at the start of the […]
Louis Vuitton x NBA: Good Play or a Step Out of Bounds?
Luxury brands have long had an affiliation with sports, but it’s largely been to elite sports like golf, tennis, polo and other equestrian events, motor sports and sailing—not so much rough-and-tumble team sports like football, soccer or basketball. Those team sports have largely been the province of Nike, Adidas, Under Armour and Puma, a brand […]
Tiffany-Coty Perfume License: Five Keys to Luxury Brand Licensing Success
Luxury licensing has suffered from a bad reputation after being overused back in the 20th century. Specifically, luxury brand names often were linked to substandard, poor quality products. Quality is a traditional cornerstone of the luxury brand platform and the old ways of licensing frequently violated those principles. Besides quality issues, luxury brand licensing led […]