Luxury Collection taps Helena Christensen to explore Peru

Published: February 3, 2014

Starwood Hotels and Resorts’ The Luxury Collection enlisted photographer and former supermodel Helena Christensen as its newest global ambassador to portray the exploratory nature of the hospitality brand.

The global retail store is dead, claims BCG

Published: January 31, 2014

NEW YORK – New York and Milan were among the global cities ranked as “understored,” meaning that there there are too few stores to meet consumer demand, while Beijing, Bangkok and Chengdu, China were among the global cities ranked as “overstored” in a new report from the Boston Consulting Group.

How to prepare your brand for 2017

Published: January 30, 2014

I believe we are in the midst of a ten-year disruption cycle which started with the launch of the iPhone in 2007.

Luxury brands need to be digital

Published: January 30, 2014

Overall during the 2013 holiday season, mobile sales represented 16.6 percent of all online sales, up more than 46 percent from the comparable quarter in the prior year. Not surprisingly, the affluent are playing a big role in the overall digital shopping trend.