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- 28 Sep 2010
- by Robb Young
- by Robb Young

Chanel’s Terrifying Grammar, Richard Branson’s Shirt & Burberry’s Best Friends

The sound bites and statistics that are causing a stir in luxury circles

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 The guys walking around with the shirt untucked and no ties, very similar to Mr. Branson… 

Charles Quinn, EVP of hotel investment advisory firm CBRE Hotels
(On the probable target market of Virgin Group chairman Sir Richard Branson’s new luxury hotel brand, Virgin Hotels)
USA Today

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$43.62

The average ROI (return on investment) for every $1 spent on email marketing, nearly twice as high as the ROI for internet search advertising

Luxury Daily

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 Paradoxically, the most active part of the market has been for big boats. 

Daniel Piette, chairman of L Capital (LVMH’s private equity fund)
(On the segment of the yacht market which has had the best recovery since L Capital acquired Princess Yachts in 2008)
Financial Times

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9%

How much spending increased (at least) in Q2 for each luxury retail category analyzed by an American Express consumer report

Business Wire

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 Even if we are flattered by such tributes to our fame as ‘Chanel-issime, Chanel-ed, Chanels, and Chanel-ized’, PLEASE DON’T. Our lawyers positively detest them. We take our trademark seriously. Merci, Chanel, Inc. 

Chanel Corporate Statement
(Extract from an IP advertisement in WWD taken out by Chanel to warn fashion journalists not to use any variation of its name in adjectives to describe products which look like Chanel classics but which are not)
Fashionista

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30%

How much of Burberry’s UK sales are to Chinese tourists

Financial Times

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