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HENRYs Are Preparing For An Economic Downturn: Luxury Brands Must Too

Peloton, the maker of high-end, digitally-enhanced exercise equipment that enjoyed a bump during the pandemic only to crash spectacularly afterwards, just announced it is laying off 500 employees, about 12 percent of its existing workforce following three rounds of layoffs earlier this year. Store closures accounted for most of the last round in June, but […]

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Pandora Proves It Is More Than Charms With A New Lab-Grown Diamond Jewelry Collection

Pandora Jewelry is the world’s largest jewelry brand, generating some $3.2 billion last year by selling over 102 million pieces of jewelry in 100+ countries through 6,800 points of sale, including some 2,400 of its own stores. It became what it is today by reimaging the classic charm bracelet in 2000, which remains the company’s […]

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Farfetch Gets Closer To Being The ‘Amazon of Luxury’ Through Its Richemont-YNAP Deal

Farfetch and investors have been through a whirlwind recently. First, Farfecth announced an agreement to acquire 47.5% of Richemont’s YOOX Net-A-Porter (YNAP) online fashion group along with replatforming most of Richemont’s Maisons, including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Piaget, under Farfetch Platform Solution (FPS). Then a day later, it reported second-quarter earnings. It’s going […]

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The Mythic Nordstrom ‘Tire Story’ Reveals What The Company Is Really Made Of

Earlier this year, Pete Nordstrom, president and chief brand officer of the retailer that bears his family name, launched Nordy Pod, a podcast or as he said, he added a new title to his resume. During the hour-long presentation, he invites employees or members of the extended Nordstrom family,” including friends of the company and […]

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In The Battle For The Barbecue, Traeger Competes As The ‘Apple’ Brand

Within a week of each other last year, the century-old Weber grill company and the 35-year-old upstart Traeger filed IPOs. Coming out of the block, Traeger shares traded at a premium of $25 to Weber’s $16 per share, and Traeger reached its peak at $29 the day after Weber filed.  But by the end of […]

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