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What Is and Isn’t a Luxury Brand: Why It Matters
Bill D'Arienzo
August 11, 2019
The concept of luxury has become elastic. Its meaning seems to be constantly stretched and overused, without parameters either as a marketing tool or as ...
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It’s a Shake-out – not a Slow-Down – in Off-Price
Warren Shoulberg
August 5, 2019
Is Off-Price falling off? Don\’t believe it. In the past week or so there have been scattered reports that would seem to indicate the off-price ...
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Will Streetwear Be the End of Luxury as We Know It?
Pam Danziger
July 28, 2019
Luxury brands are hitting the street, literally. Street-inspired fashion is popping up all across the luxury spectrum. It has created such pairings as Gucci and ...
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The Hyper-Minimalist Trend
Dana Wood
July 24, 2019
In the immortal words of Canadian angst-rocker Alanis Morissette, \”isn\’t it ironic\” that the same country that brought us insanely elaborate, 11-step skincare routines – ...
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Secondhand Luxury Is a Real Business Opportunity
Pam Danziger
July 2, 2019
Second-hand luxury retailer The RealReal just went public with an initial goal to raise $270 million. But on REAL\’s first day of trading they did ...
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Home Is Where the Growth Is for Off-Pricers
Warren Shoulberg
June 30, 2019
It\’s good to be an off-pricer these days. The TJX group of nameplates – TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, et al – and Ross Dress for ...
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This Isn’t Your Grandmother’s Furniture Buying Anymore
Warren Shoulberg
June 24, 2019
Furniture products, despite massive advancements in technology and generational changes in the consuming habits of their customer base, have largely remained unchanged for centuries. A ...
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Fathers, Fashion & Family
David J. Katz
June 12, 2019
I recall my father as a fashion and style mentor. He set the bar very high. And, for me, it was the wrong bar. In ...
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