Emerging brands lack the heritage needed for luxury status

Published: January 16, 2014

NEW YORK – The former boss of LVMH North America asserted at Luxury Daily’s Luxury FirstLook: Strategy 2014 that the new luxury players popping up lack the cultural cachet that the old-world heritage brands have, creating a rift in the luxury industry.

Peninsula Hotels gears up for global expansion

Published: January 16, 2014

NEW YORK – A senior marketing executive at The Peninsula Hotels said at Luxury FirstLook: Strategy 2014 that the brand’s family-based heritage gives it a level of control over details that contractual hotels do not have.

Top 1 percent save 37 percent of income: study

Published: January 16, 2014

NEW YORK- Following the recession, luxury consumers became more focused on quality than quantity, said a senior executive at American Express Publishing at Luxury FirstLook: Strategy 2014.

Tiffany mines brand history for 2015 documentary

Published: January 13, 2014

Jeweler Tiffany & Co. tapped Matthew Miele, director of “Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s,” for a documentary chronicling its history to be released in 2015.