Luxury Is Going to the Dogs
With the rise of DogTV and gourmet pet chow, it was just a matter of time before we extended canine luxury to living quarters. High-end doggie daycare has been around for a while, but only recently have the offerings become so numerous. In Manhattan, there’s the Ruff Club, which prides itself on being both exclusive [...]
Top Buying Power of the Middle Class
Of all the countries on A.T. Kearney’s Global Retail Development Index, Brazil might be the biggest success story—and not just because it has claimed the top spot. Unlike many of the other countries on the list, Brazil’s surge in retail has come primarily from its recent middle-class boom, growing from 2001, when 38 percent of [...]
Trendspotting: From Genghis Khan to Louis Vuitton
When you think of Mongolia, you probably don’t think of luxury retail, but thanks to an extremely lucrative and quickly expanding mining industry, perhaps you should. The sudden increase in wealth in the historically nomadic country has brought the likes of Burberry and Hugo Boss to the Mongolian capital of Ulan Bator, and the local [...]
Trendspotting: Not Just for Oil Anymore
Despite the roiling climate of an Arab Spring, two Middle Eastern countries still managed to make A.T. Kearney’s annual Global Retail Development Index. Boasting some remarkable retail and tourist attractions, such as the 1,200-store Dubai Mall that includes Michael Kors and Tom Ford, the United Arab Emirates’ seventh place on the index might not be [...]
Meet the Gypsetters
After I named ’70s-inspired looks to my “Hot/Not” list for 2011 (they’re going to be hot), a friend pointed me to a beautiful coffee table book called Gypset Style. I love a blended trend term probably more than most people (I’m still hoping my own “Chindia” will take off as much as my “globesity” did), [...]
A Ticket into the Exclusive Fashion World
After bar crawling with a few Euro RSCG Worldwide PR colleagues during Fashion’s Night Out, it was hard not to compare today’s fashion industry with the way it used to be. Even though I’m fairly young and a novice in this industry, changes are noticeable. It was about six years ago when I first learned [...]
