Luxury A 2014 Recap and 2015 Outlook
It isn’t only consumer product goods companies targeted at the middle class that fared poorly in 2014. Regardless of what the confidence...
Hugo Boss Investment Recommendation BUY December 2012
Investment Thesis: Hugo Boss is a premium luxury brand with global appeal far exceeding current supply. Opportunities span...
Luxury Market Update (The Robin Report)
In early May, I attended the Luxury Roundtable: State of Luxury 2013 in New York, organized and hosted by The Luxury Daily and its...
COH KORS LVMH (The Robin Report)
MK is no LV: It’s Not Coach Either Is this any way to manage a Jet Set brand? Maybe, if you’re looking for a quick exit. Listening to...
Hindsight is Always 20/20
In April 2011, I read my New Yorker cringing at Reed Krakoff’s comment on his design process at Coach: “I bang it out,’ he said.‘I know...
Prestige Jewelry: Coming to Your Local Outlet?
The number of emails in my inbox alerting me about sales is seemingly infinite, and frankly, I’m losing interest. The funniest was...
2013 Bicester Channel Check
CHANNEL CHECK: Luxury Channel Check Posh on parade at Bicester Village IOJ’s luxury analyst pays a visit to Value Retail’s top-producing...
Luxury/Designer Brands at Outlets– Brand Erosion or Market Expansion?
While luxury brand managers don’t advertise it (in fact many are reticent to acknowledge their outlet presence at all) outlets are...
A Luxury Market Update
In early May, I attended the Luxury Roundtable: State of Luxury 2013 in New York, organized and hosted by The Luxury Daily and its...
MK is no LV: It’s Not Coach Either
Is this any way to manage a Jet Set brand? Maybe, if you’re looking for a quick exit. Listening to Michael Kors CFO Joe Parsons speak at...
