The fashion star has spent the past decade studying the ins and outs of the industry. Now, she's ready to come into her own.

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A major first step for any brand seeking success in a particular market is to know that market. Between a U.S.-China trade war and anti-government protests in Hong Kong stoking tensions between Beijing and the city, companies seeking to attract shoppers in the mainland’s thriving luxury goods market must be particularly vigilant. Now is an exceptionally bad time to trip up.

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Located on the corner between Via Montenapoleone and Via Manzoni, the store presents a new blueprint by Casper Mueller Kneer Architects and covers 6,048 square feet.

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In what is perhaps one of the starkest examples yet of the digital disruption that has upended retail, upstart online clothing rental subscription service Le Tote is buying luxury retail chain Lord & Taylor from Canadian retail group Hudson’s Bay Company in a deal worth $100m.

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The year’s biggest color trend wasn’t a single hue, at all. It was a blend of them. More precisely, it was ombré (the ten dollar word for color gradients).

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Since opening up about her trans identity in 2017, model Teddy Quinlivan has continued stomping down the runways for the likes of Louis Vuitton, Moschino, and Maison Margiela. Now, Quinlivan has made history, debuting as the first openly trans model to front a beauty campaign for Chanel.

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Something unprecedented took place within the upper echelons of the luxury fashion multiverse last week. At the behest of French President Emmanuel Macron, an agreement that will see some of the world’s biggest fashion brands commit to reducing the industry’s carbon footprint was hatched.

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Many beauty brands are de-prioritising or withdrawing from the industry’s tentpole North American event to focus on building a more direct relationship with consumers.

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While luxury names like Dior, Hermès and Gucci are beloved by China’s millennials and Gen Z, several Western companies underperform in China, for lack of an appropriate operating model… that’s where artificial intelligence for data analysis comes in.

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At the recent Virtuoso Travel Week in Las Vegas, the network’s over 20,000 travel advisors who last year sold more than $26 billion in luxury travel, voted Montage’s resort in Los Cabos as the best new hotel.

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Online retailer 24S is using its platform to introduce consumers to the finalists for this year’s LVMH Prize.

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The next LVMH Prize for Young Designers ceremony has been scheduled for Sept. 4 in Paris.

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Spanish apparel and accessories house Loewe is sharing a more personal side of its creative director through a short film set in Ibiza.

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Meyar Sheik, president of Kibo Commerce, shares insights into consumer shopping trends and the role of personalization.

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