The Digital Agenda

A State-of-the-Industry Briefing on E-Commerce and Online Marketing and Directory of Key Service Providers

Gone are the days when luxury brands regarded the digital world with that heady combination of scepticism, incomprehension and occasionally even contempt. In just a few short years, a new era has dawned, one marked by the acknowledgement that the ever-evolving innovations and potentially lucrative opportunities presented by digital channels could prove to be a decisive factor in a luxury brand’s success.

Exclusive Wine Tasting and Networking in New York

PARIS, France — Two weeks ago, I met with Julien Angevin, president of W2 Agency and an early member of Luxury Society. We discussed how he has successfully combined his work with two of his personal passions: wines and watches – which also inspired the name and vision of his agency, W2.

The Luxury Briefing Conference

Titled Future Luxe, the 2011 edition will be held in London on January 20-21 and will explore new strategies for success in the changing luxury environment.

A sparkling array of speakers such as Nick Jones, founder of Soho House; Gerry McGovern, Design Director of Land Rover, LS Members Marc Worth, CEO of Stylus and founder of WGSN and Nadja Swarovski, Vice President Communications at Swarovski will be leading the thinking on how luxury must evolve in the next decade of the noughties.

I met with James Ogilvy, founder of Luxury Briefing and James Reatchlous the new owner of the company, who gave me a rundown of what we might expect and learn at the conference.

LUXURY SOCIETY 10,000

Luxury Society welcomes our 10,000th member

While those of you in the United Kingdom and United States were enjoying a long holiday weekend this past Monday, Luxury Society hit an important milestone in our growth and development: we welcomed Alexander Schneider of Casa Camper, the boutique design hotels in Berlin and Barcelona, as our 10,000th member.

HR: The Luxury Industry and You

Make your voice heard and help create a state-of-the-industry report on the issues affecting you most.

Dear Members,

I would like to invite you to take part in a worldwide panel of luxury professionals to better understand the HR issues that face people working in our industry at a time of great upheaval and change. Your views will help us discover to what extent we have things in common across sectors and markets and how we can make the most of our careers and businesses.

Introducing the Luxury Society Blog

Up-to-the-minute news and analysis meets lateral thinking and carefully curated feature content

Welcome to the Luxury Society Blog.

Based on feedback from our recent member survey, we are moving from a monthly editorial schedule, to one that is more in-tune with your fast-paced daily work routine. Our new LS Blog is designed to give you more frequent bursts of stimulating analysis, spun from the latest luxury news in our Bulletin and Spotlight profiles of rising stars in our community such as Noam Perski of Jameslist.com and Carmen Haid of Atelier-Mayer.

But fear not. The in-depth content that many of you have enjoyed up until now is here to stay. Our blog will continue to feature thought-provoking interviews with Luxury Leaders, such as this month’s chat with Mark Edleson, president and CEO of Alila Hotels and Resorts, as well as rousing columns penned regularly by the LS editorial team.