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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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CONSUMERS2 min read

Legal Skirmishes

Trademark, employment and censorship law update

RETAIL6 min read

One Shocking Report, a Few Bold Investors & Happy H1 Numbers

An analysis of the latest luxury news highlights Counterfeit Catastrophe Of all the places for a highly controversial luxury industry news story to break, an Oxford University academic journal would…
RETAIL4 min read

Future Opportunities in the Middle East

Seaside luxury is an attractive proposition anywhere but in the arid heat of Arabia where it has long been an underdeveloped lifestyle market, it could mean exceptionally big business An…
CONSUMERS4 min read

From Revealing Reality Checks to a Chinese Exposé

An analysis of the week’s luxury news highlights An analysis of the week’s luxury news highlights Tech Reality Check When a tidal wave of innovation collides with the tranquil shores…
CONSUMERS6 min read

Chinese Retail: Street-side Advertising or Misunderstood Strategy?

How LS members explain the seemingly ‘empty’ luxury shops in boom markets

EVENTS2 min read

Couture’s ‘Spectacular Recovery’

Hopes abound that renewed demand might signal a wider rebound in the luxury market

LEADERS8 min read

Spinning Arctic Fleece into a Global Brand

The quest for the world’s most exquisite and exotic animal fibre spawns a mini-empire of yarns, textiles and knitwear based in a secluded Canadian town. The quest for the world’s…
EVENTS9 min read

CRM: The Science Behind a Good Relationship?

Many sprawling luxury firms today are ripe for CRM intervention but it will take a combination of serious brainstorming, long-term investment and substantial resource allocation first to mitigate the risks…