Meet Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts

Burberry CEO: Fashion in the Age of Social

YouTube, Instagram, Facebook... Burberry, a company that was founded in 1856, is all over social networks. Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts discusses how a heritage brand stays nimble with emerging technology:

Apple Hires a Fashionista to Add Some Bling to Its Online & Instore Retail

Kathy Gordon, Ian Sherr and Joann S. Lublin report Apple is "hiring Angela Ahrendts, the chief executive behind a seven-year growth spurt at British luxury-goods company Burberry Group Inc." They report Apple's 365 stores generate average sales of over $50 million a store.

Helen Thomas interviews Kathy Gordon, the Journal's Retail Reporter, about why:




To understand Ahrendts uses media, consider this YouTube video based on Burberry's work with Salesforce.com:

The Importance of the Europre's Luxury Industry

The Ft's fashion editor Vanessa Friedman reports from the FT Business of Luxury summit in Vienna on how the luxury industry has emerged as a key player and how it is uniting to influence its own future:

Fashion, Conglomerates, & Calvin Klein

French company PPR is a mix of things.  Is there any synergy between its businesses?  PPR's shares rose after it announced strong earnings, driven its luxury division, which includes brands such as Gucci and Bottega Veneta. The group's sport and lifestyle business – dominated by Puma – was less glittering with operating profit down 12 per cent.

In this video (2 minutes and 51 seconds) Lex's Nikki Tait and Oliver Ralph consider whether it's time for PPR to divest Puma:

In this February 15, 2013 video, Vanessa Friedman, the FT's fashion editor, speaks to Paul Thomas Murry, president of Calvin Klein about how couture fits into the business of running a global lifestyle brand. She also talks with Francisco Costa, women's creative director at Calvin Klein, about the new fall collection.

 

 

 

Luxury Booming

Christina Passariello in the Wall Street Journal last Friday reported that, "At a time when many consumer goods segments are suffering, luxury is rich with promise. The world's biggest luxury-goods purveyors are coming off a blockbuster" year.  Among those reporting quarterly results, sales were up 20% at LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA); 22% in PPR SA's luxury division (includes Gucci), and 18% at Hermès.