Luxury Fashion - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Finding Success in the Middle of the Market

midfield dictates the pace of play, gives its forwards and defenders more time to set up their plays, and breaks up attacks by the opposing team's front line. In business, it's not fashionable to concentrate on midfield. Focus, we are... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Auto; Retail

20 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster

R&D and engineering. The region is now producing an estimated 90 percent of women's luxury shoes that sell for $500 or more per pair. Why Clusters Still Work The cluster's success is largely due to a lead firm acting as what Pisano... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Fashion; Fashion; Fashion

20 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts

fashion, Stella McCartney shows that a luxury brand can be sustainable. Professor Anat Keinan discusses her case on the fashion icon. Behind Apple's Tax Situation, an Unprecedented Financial Policy Mihir... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

11 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

partners to build her fashion business and legendary luxury brand based on understated elegance. Chanel’s famous “little black dress” was accompanied by many other innovations including the use of jersey as... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

March 2025
Teaching Note

Kering Eyewear

By: Rohit Deshpandé and Nicole Zelazko

This teaching note provides comprehensive documentation of how to use the Kering Eyewear case (HBS No. 525-027). View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Subsidiaries; Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Product Positioning; Distribution; Product; Luxury; Fashion Industry; Fashion Industry; Fashion Industry; United States

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22 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 22

president and CEO, Margaret Clark, was contemplating the launch of a new, lip-plumping product called "Four Carat Pout." Clark faced many decisions concerning the launch: marketing the product as a luxury brand or a retail item;... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Nov 2014
HBS Case

How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World

a high margin. That's similar to a fashion brand like Chanel (though fashion brands have higher margins). Acurio is following a portfolio logic, similar to, say, Penguin, which has Penguin Classics and all... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

17 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 17

Avenue, a luxury department store chain, has been hard hit by the 2008 financial crisis and stock market crash. Speculation about impending bankruptcy is rampant in the press. The CEO, Stephen Sadove, must decide how to respond. Purchase... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

22 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 22, 2008

2006-2007 Annual Report for Shoppers' Stop Group (SSG), action shots of healthy-looking people dressed in the latest fashions amid the words "Redefining Retail" brought a smile to his face. As managing director of SSG—a Rs 8.9... View Details