Next Edition of Globalplayers: "Luxury Goes Global: Trading Class for Mass?"

 

Our next edition of Global Players comes to you from Paris, where we’ll take you behind the spotlights and catwalks of Fashion Week, mingling with the designers and purveyors of some of the planet’s most sought-after wares.

Like no other sector, the luxury goods industry has profited from the recent strength of the global economy. For manufacturers of expensive clothes and handbags, jewellery and other indulgences, expanding markets have led to double-digit profit growth. Sales worldwide were an estimated €135 billion last year, up from €80 billion in 2000. New players such as hedge funds are driving prices to unheard of heights. But in widening appeal and expanding access lies risk as well as reward. As big-name brands promise growth of at least 10 per cent a year and open shops in emerging markets from Eastern Europe to Asia, they face accusations of trading class for mass.

The Guests:

Marc-André Kamel
Head of Bain’s European Retail Practice

Karl Lagerfeld
Artistic Director of Chanel

Alex Bell
Chief Executive of the Dominion Group

Robert Polet
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board of Gucci Group

Dana Thomas
Author of “Deluxe”

Airing Times:

Day	Time	Comment
Sun Oct 7th	19:30 CET	Europe
Sun Oct 7th	23:00 SIN	Asia
Sun Oct 7th	23:00 SYD	Australia
Mo Oct 8th	23:00 CET	Europe
Mo Oct 8th	19:00 CET	Germany
Sat Oct 6th	21:00 SIN	Asia
Sat Oct 6th	21:00 SYD	Australia
Sat Oct 6th	19:00 EST	US

 

 

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