luxury - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 1999
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Joel Bines

his new post as an account executive with Nike's largest client, Mont Blanc, the luxury pen manufacturer. His first day at work, however, everything changed. "The senior account executive invited me to lunch and told me she'd given her... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Jun 2014
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@Soldiers Field

Famed designer Donna Karan's keynote closed the Retail & Luxury Goods Club's annual conference, but some of the 400 attendees wanted more: Karan reportedly stuck around to chat with students for more than an hour and a half. Former US... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Apr 2014
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Serving as a cultural ambassador

a seafood-processing firm that rebuilt after the disaster and a collaborative of fishermen's wives who transformed their net-mending skills to launch a luxury apparel business—also provided insights into entrepreneurial innovation and... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Reinventing perceptions of Africa through wine

their country. After visiting a wine festival in Soweto, South Africa, in 2005, Cuffe and her husband, Khary Cuffe (MBA 2007), realized that by establishing Heritage Link Brands and distributing these quality wines, they could show that View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Comfort Zone

industry, most recently as CEO of the Swiss/Chilean company Aport SA. Airlines have since abandoned all aspirations of luxury to focus on reducing operational expenses. It’s the reason we’re seeing a bumper crop of low-cost carriers,... View Details

01 Mar 2012
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Shop Talk, Different Avenues

disruptive business model: an online site that requires customers to register, featuring flash sales of discounted luxury goods for men and women in categories including designer clothing, accessories, home goods, food and wine, and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; shopping; e-commerce; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

15 Mar 2022
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History’s Future

Courtesy Amr AlMadani Millennia ago, the AlUla region in northwestern Saudi Arabia was a thriving commercial and cultural center, a stop on the trade routes that connected the spices, silks, and other luxuries of Arabia and the East to... View Details

Keywords: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 1998
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From Wildlife to Winetasting

will enable alumni to enjoy the diverse wonders of Africa through a variety of pre- and postconference tours. Bush safaris feature luxury accommodations, excellent food, and ranger-guided wildlife viewing from open-air vehicles.... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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Starting Lineup: Values Proposition

spice. Rumi Spice saffron is now in top restaurant kitchens, on the shelves at luxury grocers, and in the recipes of meal-delivery company Blue Apron. Grow-Trees Cofounders and directors Pradip Shah (MBA 1981) and his son, Karan Shah (MBA... View Details

02 Sep 2018
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Havana Rising

Hotel Manzana Kempinski La Habana—the city’s first-ever luxury hotel—his morning meetings begin with something much more basic: “How much water do we have in the tanks?” On a sunny April day in the airy second-floor lobby, Benedetti... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

01 Jan 2011
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Peter Harf, MBA 1974

luxury goods, and beverages. He has also had an impact on tens of thousands of blood cancer patients by facilitating bone marrow transplants. Whatever the task at hand, Harf arrives with a passion for creative thinking and a commitment to... View Details

01 Mar 2018
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Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness

together to promote happiness? How can this research be used in the workplace? AW: Some employers offer employees a lot of choice when it comes to incentives: for instance, cash, luxury goods, experiences, or time off. They think, “Choice... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2002
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Straddling Two Worlds

Tierney, who moved into this comparatively luxurious setting with his wife, Susan, after he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Chile for two years. But the difference between being a student at HBS and working with farmers in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2023
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Happy Monday

disconnected from work. The second has to do with the notion of leisure: “It sounds like such a luxury and something we shouldn’t permit ourselves to have, but we’re seeing how leisure contributes to our success,” Carbonell says.... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

24 Jun 2014
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The First Five Years: Beau D'Arcy (MBA 2010)

luxurious offshore destination for boaters and non-boaters alike." How did your family and friends respond when they heard the idea? "When I first told my parents, I think they were a little skeptical. It's a big idea that's way outside... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2006
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Utopian Vision

dentists who got lucky on the stock market.” The development plan calls for a golf course with villas, a luxury boutique hotel, farms, a nature preserve and science research center, and a beach village with a nearby artists’ colony. Curry... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Real Estate

28 May 2019
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2019

or four years, we had the luxury of first-mover advantage.” Mr. Mayor: “In New York City we have people from everywhere around the world, every kind of problem, and every chance of a solution. I couldn’t have asked for a bigger or better... View Details

01 Sep 2010
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Online Fashionistas

MAYBANK AND WILSON: Doing well while looking good. Courtesy Gilt Groupe Cofounded in 2007 by Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (MBA ’04), formerly of Louis Vuitton and Bulgari, and ex-eBayer Alexis Maybank (MBA ’04), Gilt Groupe is an online, members-only, View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2015
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In My Humble Opinion: Joss Kent (MBA 1997)

Joss Kent’s (MBA 1997) first memories are of being on safari. “I remember the smoke rising from the fire to boil water,” says Kent. Safari was the family business: His grandparents and father founded luxury adventure-travel company... View Details