Luxury retail at crossroads with digital inevitability

Published: September 4, 2019

In 2018 ecommerce sales of luxury goods – which includes apparel, beauty products, perfume, jewelry and watches, leather goods and accessories – accounted for 8 percent of the more than $280 billion global luxury market.

Breaking the fashion code

Published: September 4, 2019

Fashion and luxury brands have long been used as an extension of the self. But now they have become more than just signifiers of status.

Retail apps increase both sales and returns: study

Published: September 3, 2019

While retailers’ branded mobile apps are effective in increasing customer engagement and growing sales on their Web sites and in-stores, they are also responsible for increasing the rate of product returns.

Rising tariffs could dampen consumers’ holiday spending

Published: August 30, 2019

Impending further tariffs on Chinese imports could dent the holiday shopping season, as a new survey finds that 54 percent of consumers are worried about price increases related to greater import taxes.