THE LUXURY BLOG is all about what it is happening within the Luxury Industry. It is mainly written by the President & CEO of THE LUXURY CONSULTING COMPANY.

« Tribute to Beauty, Éloge du Beau , A Dream for the Future , Un Rêve pour le Futur » for DIOR Haute Couture 2019 by Maria Grazia Chiuri !

7/5/2018

“Couture is about something hidden,” Chiuri said. “If you go to the atelier, you want to take care of yourself and know that someone will take care of you.“We have this big opportunity to work with a different definition of time,” says Chiuri. “Craftsmanship is about time; it is a dream for a future.” Well said !

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FENDI, A Witty, Elegant, Stylish, Fantastic Collection presented in Paris!

7/4/2018

FENDI offers a fantastic collection, witty, elegant, stylish, combining both talents of Silvia FENDI and Karl LAGERFELD, revealing once more the exceptional knowhow, expertise, and ingenuity of their creative workshop and artisans.

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CHANEL, PARIS, LA HAUTE COUTURE, "Une Histoire d'Amour", " A Love Story" by KARL LAGERFELD.

7/4/2018

Karl Lagerfeld fell in Love with Paris when he was 18. In this show, once more, he is proving that he is really the king of the Haute Couture, revealing a new 2019 CHANEL collection that is capturing the spirit of Paris and collides past and future. Elegance is TIMELESS. So is CHANEL....And Mr Karl Lagerfeld!

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PITTI 2018 , Great Show to All !

6/14/2018

Dear Clients, Dear Partners,
We wish you all a great PITTI! Hope you all have a great Business and do not hesitate to reach for me if needed.
Very warm regards, Thierry
#thierrynataf #theluxuryconsultingcompany #business #strategy #luxury #fashion

VALENTINO’70s for 2019 Cruise Collection!

5/29/2018

Pierpaolo Piccioli is about the ‘70s bourgeois look with a blending of vintage and street modernity for his 2019 cruise collection for la Maison #VALENTINO! And I like it !
#pierpaolopiccioli #valentino #mayhoola
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THE 2018 SUCCESSFUL DYNAMIC FOR THE RICHEMONT GROUP !

5/24/2018

THE RICHEMONT GROUP

The global dynamic of the Watch & Jewelry leader in the Luxury Industry is back, and RICHEMONT is on the road to success.

RICHEMONT owns a portfolio of leading international ‘Maisons’ which are recognised for their distinctive heritage, craftsmanship and creativity. The Group operates in three segments: Jewellery Maisons, being Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Giampiero Bodino; Specialist Watchmakers, being A. Lange & Söhne, Baume & Mercier, IWC Schaffhausen, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Officine Panerai, Piaget, Roger Dubuis and Vacheron Constantin; and Other, including Alfred Dunhill, Azzedine Alaïa, Chloé, Montblanc and Peter Millar as well as watch component manufacturing activities. In addition, YOOX-NETAPORTER will be fully part of the Group from now on.

The publication of the annual accounts for the year ending on March 2018, is clearly revealing a new dynamic within the RICHEMONT Group.

All the different measures of RICHEMONT’s transformation agenda engaged by the Chairman Johann Rupert and the management teams are gaining a steady momentum.

Even is the Sales Growth appears to be at +3% (actual change) for a total of €10.9 B, it is a +8%( at constant change), with the Jewelry Brands being at €6.4B (58% of the total) at +9%, with an operating margin being at 29.9% of the sales, and the growth at 28.4% - revealing all the notable excellent dynamic for both CARTIER ( re launch of “Panthère” line) and VAN CLEEF & HARPELS. The Specialist Watch are at €2.7B in sales, still at -6%, but the operating margin is regaining momentum at 9,7% versus 7.8% last year, knowing that strong inventory buy back, measures against the grey markets have been strongly implanted in addition to steady measures on the Sell In- Sell out multi brand retailer’s equation.

Moreover, RICHEMONT has completed the acquisition of the YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP trough a voluntary tender offer, marking a very strategic and important mile stone for his strategy. The new disruptive brand strategy launch of Baume is meaningful of the beginning of the new era at RICHEMONT Group.

IN SUMMARY – FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Sales increased by 3% at actual rates and by 8% at constant rates to € 10 979 million. Excluding the impact of exceptional inventory buy-backs, sales grew by 7% at constant rates
Strong retail performance reflecting solid jewelry and watch sales
Double digit growth in mainland China, Hong Kong, Korea and Macau
Operating profit grew by 5%; operating expenses rose by 2% excluding prior year’s real estate gain
Strong generation of cash flow from operations: increase of € 827 million to € 2 723 million
Proposed dividend of CHF 1.90 per 1 A share/10 B shares, an increase of 6%

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#Cartier,#VanCleef&Arpels,#GiampieroBodino; #Lange&Söhne,#Baume&Mercier,#IWC , #JaegerLeCoultre,#OfficinePanerai,#Piaget, #RogerDubuis,#VacheronConstantin;#AlfredDunhill, #Alaïa, #Chloé, #Montblanc, #PeterMillar, #YOOX, #NETAPORTER

THE NEW TRENDS IN LUXURY by Thierry Nataf - President & CEO - THE LUXURY CONSULTING COMPANY- Conference April 13 2018 - Confindustria Florence - Italy.

4/10/2018

Dear All,

I am extremely honored to be the Guest Speaker at the conference on April 13th 2018 in Florence, Italy at The FLORENZE CONFINDUSTRIA (The employers Federation and Chamber of Commerce) to talk about the Luxury Industry and the new trends that will shape the Market for 2018.

Understanding the trends of the Luxury industry, will help to foreseen the future and rightly execute the profitable strategic and business plans for any members attending the conference.

You may be a craftsmanship company, an entrepreneur, a family business, a subcontractor of a large luxury brand, a brand by yourself, a luxury corporation, you need to be aware about what’s going on, in order to develop and make your business profitable.

Those New 2018 Trends will be put in perspectives in order to be useful to the audience:

. From the power of being a small business « Small is Beautiful » to being a large corporation « It is Good to be a Leader », how to leverage and build your best business model and continue to deliver growth?

. Get the Understanding of the Power of Luxury Groups, Houses & Brands Ethos! What will be the Luxury Landscape in 2018 and beyond ? Who will win? Who will lose? Who is next? With whom should you go? What should you do? Who are you? What do you want to be?

. How Disruption is a Luxury Marketing & Sales Weapon in today’s world? What do you have to do to emerge and make it happen? Do you have what is needed? Can you be Disruptive or not? Should You be Disruptive? Is being Disruptive is still right? Good or Bad for your Business?

. The beauty of product collections and the craftsmanship worth it only if it is combined with the right creativity! Do you have it all right? What are the future product categories in the Luxury industry? What are the trends? Which and how to find the right balance between esthetic, cost of productions, quality, and selling price ?

. How to the set up a proper international Omni-channels distribution ? How to Retail and Distribute in order to make it a success? Which means? How to do it? What should you do ? Which Markets, cities or partners you should work with?

. From Ecommerce to EBusiness, from Eplatforms to Social Media: Are you ready for the Digital Revolution? How to get a strategic and business advantage from the Digital ? Are you Ready to embrace the Change?

. The importance of understanding who is your clients: from the Millennial to the others Generations X and Z, from to the promising Chinese clients to your European domestic clients? Who are the future clients? Asian, Middle Eastern, American? What do they want? Do you know your existing clients? How to get new ones?

All those topics will be tackled at the conference and much more!

Moreover, for all the Tuscany Companies, Brands and Entrepreneurs that are members of the Florence Confindustria, and that are contributors to the world Industry of Luxury, understanding about what next, is mandatory in order to reach the business success.

The culture of Luxury, the tradition of craftsmanship, the importance of the Made in Italy, the understanding of innovation, the investment in equipment and belief in people with training and education are core to the future of their companies and the keys to the success.

I will be delighted to meet you all at this conference at the Palazzo Gualfonda in Florence.

Do not to hesitate to reach for Ms. Viviana Bugatti at viviana.bugatti@confindustriafirenze.it in order to participate to the conference. The conference will be in Italian with some English supports.

Finally I would like to thank the CONFINDUSTRIA OF FIRENZE , and particulary Mr.Luigi Salvadori, Mr.Franco Baccani, Mr.Mario Curia, Mr.Elvio Mauri, Mr. Agostino Apolito, Mr.Cristiano Mariani, and of course Ms.Viviana Bugatti for organizing it all !

Very kind regards,

Thierry

Thierry Nataf
President & CEO
THE LUXURY CONSULTING COMPANY
www.theluxuyconsultingcompany.com
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LANVIN, a New Story Begins with FOSUN !

3/8/2018

LANVIN, the oldest french fashion house, founded in 1889 by Jeanne Lanvin has a new majority stakeholder, the FOSUN group, founded by Mr Guo Guangchang.

It is said that the FOSUN has invested €100 Million, and that the historical shareholders, Ms Shaw-Lan Wang and Mr Ralph Bartel would retain a minority stake in LANVIN.

This will mean for LANVIN, a new beginning and a great rebirth for this Luxury Brand that has a very strong potential but that has never been fully materialized it in the era of modern luxury.

The Brand was recently struggling financially in the last couple of years specially after the departure of Albert Elbaz, its star designer.

Nevertheless, I believe that LANVIN remains one of the fashion's best know labels, the epitome of Parisian Chic, ultra feminine by essence, but that could also offer masculine elegance.

With the right creative director, forceful international strategic & business plans and talented teams and management, LANVIN could be in the future one of the most important power houses of the french luxury fashion in the world.

To be continued...

#thierrynataf
#theluxuryconsultingcompany

March 01st, 2018

3/1/2018

Congratulations to Riccardo Tisci for his new appointment as CCO, Chief Creative Officer of BURBERRY, the leading British luxury Brand.
This is line with the global strategy presented by Marco Gobbetti, CEO of BURBERRY and makes really sense.

The repositioning of BURBERRY, the £ 2.776 Billions sale revenue company (published account end of March 2017) can really start now, in an industry where blending creativity and business management is one of the Keys to the success.

All the best to all teams at BURBERRY, the future BURBERRY clients are going to love it!

To be continued...

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#marcogobbetti
#riccardotisci

DIOR, PARIS FASHION WEEK’ MAY 1968 !

3/1/2018

For DIOR, one of the jewel of LVMH Group, Maria Gracia Chiuri has presented at the Paris Show Fashion Week a ready to wear collection full of freedom, claiming “I am a woman”, a hymn to liberty celebrating the 50th anniversary of Paris student protest, in 1968, a great feminist uprising, the Jacques Villeglé Street art and the counter culture that became our today culture.... “ Il est interdit d’interdire”, “ it is forbidden to forbid”, was one the claims of that time.

I am convinced of the success of this great collection. Freedom has always matched with youth, and Millennials Generation across the world are going to love it.

This will continue to fuel the incredible business growth of DIOR, one of the major global international Luxury House in the world.

To be continued.

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#theluxuryconsultingcompany
www.theluxuryconsultingcompany.com

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« Tribute to Beauty, Éloge du Beau , A Dream for the Future , Un Rêve pour le Futur » for DIOR Haute Couture 2019 by Maria Grazia Chiuri !

FENDI, A Witty, Elegant, Stylish, Fantastic Collection presented in Paris!

CHANEL, PARIS, LA HAUTE COUTURE, "Une Histoire d'Amour", " A Love Story" by KARL LAGERFELD.

PITTI 2018 , Great Show to All !

VALENTINO’70s for 2019 Cruise Collection!

THE 2018 SUCCESSFUL DYNAMIC FOR THE RICHEMONT GROUP !

THE NEW TRENDS IN LUXURY by Thierry Nataf - President & CEO - THE LUXURY CONSULTING COMPANY- Conference April 13 2018 - Confindustria Florence - Italy.

LANVIN, a New Story Begins with FOSUN !

March 01st, 2018

DIOR, PARIS FASHION WEEK’ MAY 1968 !

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