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Robb Young

Luxury & Fashion Business Journalist, International Herald Tribune, Financial Times, Vogue.com Strategic Consultant, Swiss Textiles Award, Diptrics

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Luxury & Fashion Business Journalist, International Herald Tribune, Financial Times, Vogue.com Strategic Consultant, Swiss Textiles Award, Diptrics

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CONSUMERS8 min read

Billionaire Business Breakthroughs & the Ugly Truth Online

Our weekly analysis of the luxury news headlines

LEADERS5 min read

Natalia Zorina, Russian Vogue’s Ad Sales Manager

Tells us why Russia’s resilience through the crisis could spell opportunity for luxury brands that haven’t even entered the market yet

RETAIL7 min read

Paris’s Latest Luxury Barometer & India’s More Aggressive Push

Our weekly analysis of the luxury news headlines Paris Fashion Week: Reinventing – or just Revisiting – the Classics Chanel s/s 2011 show Wednesday marked the finalé of the spring/summer…
EVENTS2 min read

Game-changing Concepts at the Paris Motor Show

As the biennial auto show gets under way, Lamborghini and BMW’s MINI have previewed new models, from two extremes, which the firms hope will shake up their respective markets

DIGITAL8 min read

The Future of Digital Dinosaurs & London’s Runway to Luxury

An analysis of the week’s luxury news headlines Digital Denizens or Dinosaurs : Plugging it in? A screen-shot from Marc Jacobs’ new online shop Frankly, it’s rather embarrassing that in…
CONSUMERS8 min read

Everything from Measuring Loyalty on Plastic to the Threat of Gold

An analysis of the week’s luxury news headlines Going, Going, Gold “Gold price hits new record high!” was the headline yet again this week. You might think it’s more of…
DIGITAL3 min read

Lucrative Luxury via Fashion Film

Diane Pernet, pioneer of the ‘fashion film’, says there’s money for luxury brands to make from the new genre. LS got the exclusive scoop

DIGITAL6 min read

The Latest Luxury Launches on the Web & Mobile

An essential round-up of how luxury brands are rolling out online and why An essential round-up of what brands are rolling out online and why J’aime Mon Carré by Hermès…
CAMPAIGNS9 min read

Anna Wintour’s Perky Parade, a Nightmare for Dior & Germany’s Car Wars

An analysis of the week’s luxury news headlines The Mega-Marketing of Designer Fashion On Thursday, New York Fashion Week kicked off the luxury apparel and accessories trade show season, which…
CAMPAIGNS3 min read

Critical Attention on the ‘Gucci Guilty’ Ad

Frida Giannini was channeling a ‘daredevil’ for the protagonist of the commercial film but is the campaign daring enough for Generations Y & Z?