Fflur Roberts

Fflur Roberts manages the research programme for the global luxury goods industry at Euromonitor International, which she joined in June 2000. In her current post, Fflur Roberts has direct responsibility for the content and quality of Euromonitor’s luxury goods research, which provides strategic analysis of the global market and in-depth coverage of the industry in 32 countries worldwide. With Fflur at the helm of Euromonitor’s luxury goods research the company was awarded Luxury Researcher of the Year 2016 by global media company Luxury Daily and in 2017 was on the Luxury Women to Watch list. Fflur has written extensively in the field of business and luxury and in her time at Euromonitor has authored numerous global strategic reports and is often referenced in the international press on the luxury business and has addressed luxury leaders at many leading global luxury conferences around the world. Presently Fflur is co-editing a chapter on the USA and European luxury market for The Oxford Handbook of Luxury Business (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).

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Head of Global Luxury Goods Research, Euromonitor

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How Digital Disruptors Are Impacting the Luxury Market

While technology has inarguably led to major growth and opportunity in the world of luxury, the boundaries between digital and human are beginning to blur.

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Why Japan’s Luxury Market is Driven by International Tourism

The weakening value of the Japanese yen has boosted the number of tourists on the country’s soil, notably from China. This has helped balance out Japan’s sluggish economy.

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Inside the $85billion US Luxury Goods Market: Slow Growth, but Still Leading the Pack

The US luxury industry has seen another year of slow growth. Euromonitor’s Fflur Roberts reveals the market changes and predictions for the world’s leading luxury goods market. The US luxury…

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Inside France’s US$22 Billion Luxury Goods Industry

Despite avoiding recession, France’s luxury market is still facing a number of challenges.

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South Korea: The New Market for Luxury Brands?

As one of the leading Asian consumer markets, South Korea provides ample opportunities for luxury goods companies across many categories. Euromonitor’s Fflur Roberts reports.

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Mixed Results of Falter and Recovery for the Swiss Luxury Market

The difficult retail environment created by the strong Swiss franc and the lifting of the euro exchange rate cap by the Swiss Central Bank in January 2015 slightly relaxed in 2016, but not fully. FFlur Roberts reports on how the results are affecting the Swiss Luxury Market.

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Brazil’s Economic Uncertainty Strains the Luxury Industry

Once recognised for its enormous growth potential for the luxury goods industry, the BRIC group of countries has recently been struggling economically amidst an export bust due to falling global commodity prices as well as an escalating debt burden.

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Mexico Bucks Emerging Market Trend but Outlook Remains Uncertain

Luxury goods retail sales in Mexico grew an impressive 9% to reach MXN 65 billion (US$3.2 billion) in 2016 making it the largest luxury goods market in the Latin American region and bucking the overall emerging market trend of slower growth that we have witnessed over the past few years.

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China Set for Steady Performance Amid Unfavourable Market Environment

2016 was another bumpy year for China’s luxury goods market, plagued by the long-term impact of the anti-corruption campaign undertaken by the central government and the economic downturn as well…

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Luxury Industry Facing Mounting Risks into 2017

According to Euromonitor’s latest data, the global luxury goods industry looks set to continue to expand in 2017, albeit slowly, with disappointing headline growth. As tough global trading environments continue to prevail – social and political unrest in Asia Pacific, economic slowdown in Latin America, and conflict in Eastern Europe will conspire to restrain growth in both key emerging and developed markets.