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Retail Leadership / 2026-03-24
Retail decisions should not be made by people who do not spend time on the floor!
This is one of the most damaging patterns in retail. The further decisions move away from the floor, the worse they usually become. At the head office level, things often sound logical. Reporting lines are changed, extra layers are added, and store issues are interpreted through...
109,166Impressions245 comments / 268 reposts
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Retail Leadership / 2025-06-02
Adidas v. Steve Madden: Who really owns stripes in fashion?
The lines are being drawn, quite literally, across the sneaker industry. This week, Steve Madden filed a federal lawsuit challenging Adidas’ long-held claim over its iconic three-stripe mark. The core question: can one brand truly own all stripes? Steve Madden is asking a U.S....
94,832Impressions62 comments / 5 reposts
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Customer Experience / 2025-07-09
Personalization vs. Privacy: Where Do We Draw the Line?
In luxury retail, personalization can elevate or alienate. The line between service and surveillance is thinner than ever. Luxury thrives on intimacy, knowing a client’s preferences, size, favorite designer, or how they take their espresso. But what happens when personalization...
89,952Impressions42 comments / 5 reposts
04Customer Experience / 2026-02-20
The store manager should not be your VM department!
I have seen this pattern too often. Headquarters sends a VM guideline. It looks perfect on slides. Then the store receives it with limited tools, limited hours, and a team already stretched thin. The manager does their best, then gets blamed when it does not look like the...
80,033Impressions58 comments / 48 reposts
05Retail Leadership / 2026-06-15
Luxury retail does not have a talent problem. It has a leadership problem!
For years, I have watched brands panic when sales slow down. The first reaction is almost always the same: replace staff, push harder targets, increase pressure, run another incentive. As if the issue starts at the bottom. It rarely does. Most underperforming stores are not...
78,196Impressions178 comments / 109 reposts
06Customer Experience / 2026-08-04
Customers rarely remember the campaign that brought them into the store, but they often remember the person who made them want to return!
Luxury brands invest heavily in campaigns, store design, events, technology, and visual presentation. All of this creates interest and brings customers through the door, but it does not automatically create loyalty. Loyalty is usually built during the human interaction that...
55,876Impressions163 comments / 111 reposts
07Luxury Strategy / 2025-10-23
If your luxury store still feels like a showroom, it is already outdated!
Luxury retail used to be about product presentation. Today, it is about emotional immersion. Across key markets, from Paris to Dubai, stores are no longer competing on architecture or assortment. They are competing on experience. A visit to a flagship is no longer a...
55,465Impressions101 comments / 40 reposts
08Retail Leadership / 2025-04-21
Hermès just overtook LVMH, what does that say about the future of luxury?
For the first time in history, Hermès is officially more valuable than LVMH. Let that sink in. While most luxury brands are chasing market share, influencer campaigns, and metaverse drops, Hermès has quietly focused on the opposite: less volume, more value. And the market is...
52,588Impressions19 comments / 17 reposts
09Luxury Strategy / 2025-03-20
Is 'quiet luxury' losing its voice to logo-centric luxury?
The past few years have seen 'quiet luxury' reign supreme, with understated elegance and minimalistic aesthetics favored by brands like Brunello Cucinelli, Loro Piana, and The Row. However, recent market analyses reveal an unintended consequence: minimalistic designs have made...
48,134Impressions33 comments / 4 reposts
10Luxury Strategy / 2025-07-07
IS QUIET LUXURY OVERRATED?
Quiet luxury is the buzzword of 2025, but does it really drive sustainable growth—or is it an echo chamber narrative? We’re told stealth wealth is the ultimate aspiration. Brands like Loro Piana and The Row have built their success on understated elegance. But the data tells a...
36,155Impressions14 comments / 3 reposts
11Retail Leadership / 2025-06-24
THE PRADA POWER SHIFT. WHAT IT MEANS FOR LUXURY STRATEGY
Prada has just announced a major leadership change. CEO Gianfranco D’Attis will leave the group by June 30, 2025, and Andrea Guerra, the former group CEO, will step in as interim leader. This move comes at a crucial time for the brand and for luxury retail overall. During his...
35,489Impressions5 comments / 5 reposts
12Luxury Strategy / 2025-04-28
Silent no more: why Quiet Luxury brands are getting louder in 2025
For years, brands like The Row, Loro Piana, and Brunello Cucinelli ruled through restraint. No logos. No celebrity. No hype. Just pure craftsmanship, whispered in cashmere and silk. But 2025 is telling a new story. The Row is flirting with bold architectural silhouettes and...
29,908Impressions17 comments / 17 reposts
13Customer Experience / 2026-07-28
The client who leaves without buying is not always a lost sale!!
Some of the strongest luxury client relationships begin with a visit that produces no transaction. The client may be discovering the brand, comparing options, testing the quality of the service, or deciding whether the advisor can be trusted. Sometimes the purpose of the visit...
20,392Impressions67 comments / 40 reposts
14Luxury Strategy / 2025-06-30
Brand comeback or brand fatigue?
Everyone loves a comeback story, but does every relaunch signal true renewal—or sometimes just brand fatigue? Saint Laurent’s resurgence under Anthony Vaccarello is a model for modern transformation. He doubled down on bold tailoring, rebooted the Paris flagship, and turned the...
18,100Impressions13 comments / 2 reposts
15Customer Experience / 2026-03-23
Luxury service dies the moment it sounds rehearsed!
One of the biggest mistakes in luxury retail is turning service into performance. Somewhere along the way, many brands started confusing service standards with scripted behavior. Teams are trained to say the right words, follow the right sequence, and present the right category...
15,297Impressions56 comments / 16 reposts
16Luxury Strategy / 2025-04-07
The white lotus effect: how a TV show reshaped luxury fashion
The white lotus isn’t just a hit HBO series, it’s a cultural force that’s rewriting the codes of resort fashion. With its mix of sun-soaked escapism, slow-burn drama, and sharply dressed characters, the show has sparked a wave of “vacation luxury” that’s influencing runways,...
13,719Impressions5 comments / 7 reposts
17Luxury Strategy / 2025-03-12
Chanel vs. What Goes Around Comes Around: A Landmark Verdict in Luxury Resale
The luxury resale market faced a pivotal moment when Chanel secured a major legal victory against renowned reseller What Goes Around Comes Around (WGACA). Initiated in 2018, Chanel's lawsuit accused WGACA of trademark infringement, false advertising, and selling counterfeit...
11,776Impressions4 comments / 4 reposts
18Retail Leadership / 2026-06-24
A Busy Floor Can Still Be A Badly Led Floor!
One of the biggest mistakes in retail is confusing activity with performance. A store can look busy, the team can be moving, clients can be entering, appointments can be happening, managers can be following up, reports can be sent, and tasks can be completed, yet the business...
11,121Impressions16 comments / 20 reposts
19Retail Leadership / 2026-03-31
Your frontline team and store managers are not second-class employees. They are your revenue engine!
One of the most dangerous mindsets I still see in retail is the quiet hierarchy between head office and the store. Strategy is often treated as the “thinking” part of the business, while the floor is reduced to execution. Over time, this creates a culture where the people...
10,697Impressions12 comments / 21 reposts