The Fashion Trail | 36 Hours in Qatar

Global Briefing | The Fashion Trail

  • The Pearl in Doha, Qatar is a massive luxury real estate development | Source: The Pearl
  • The Toujouri Flagship Store, designed by Peter Marino Architects | Source: Toujouri
  • Caroline Issa models Toujouri in Atelier-Mayer Magazine Volume 2 | Source: Atelier-Mayer

DOHA, Qatar — Just before the madness of fashion week season began, I couldn’t resist accepting an invitation from Lama El Moatessem to visit Doha, the capital city of the tiny nation of Qatar, to attend the opening of the Peter Marino-designed flagship for Toujouri, Ms El Moatessem’s three year old fashion brand. How did a little-known Middle Eastern brand get Mr Marino, the go-to architect for powerhouse brands like Louis

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Global Briefing | Behind the Flurry of Store Openings in Australia

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Louis Vuitton Maison in Sydney | Source: moluxury.com.au

SYDNEY, Australia — 2011 was an extremely busy year for luxury retail expansion in Australia. In April, Burberry opened a new flagship on Sydney’s George Street. In July, Prada and Miu Miu opened flagships in Sydney’s Westfield  shopping mall, where Gucci also opened its own two-level emporium in November. Then, in a dramatic end-of-year crescendo, Louis Vuitton opened a grand Maison on George Street and Bottega Veneta and

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The Fashion Trail | Unravelling Brazil’s Luxury Market

Global Briefing | Sao Paulo | The Fashion Trail

  • Boys playing in Santa Teresa | Photo: BoF
  • New Order accessories Winter 2012 | Source: BoF
  • Sandy sidewalk on the edge of Ipanema Beach | Photo: BoF
  • Fabrica in Lapa district | Photo: BoF

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Arriving in Rio de Janeiro in the middle of the Brazilian summer, in a country experiencing an ongoing economic boom, certainly puts the bleak, uncertain economic outlook of wintry Europe and North America into sharp relief. I was invited to Brazil on the generous invitation of ABIT, the Brazilian Textile and Apparel Industry Association, to attend Fashion Rio, the smaller of two semi-annual fashion events

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Global Briefing | Is FDI Reform the Answer to the India Problem?

Global Briefing | Mumbai

Hermès Flagship, Mumbai | Source: skyscrapercity.com

In our second article this week focused on India, we investigate the barriers impeding the growth of India’s international luxury goods market, which go beyond the recently lifted restrictions on foreign direct investment. MUMBAI, India — “By the end of 2015, emerging markets should account for more than 50 percent of luxury sales,” Antoine Colonna, a luxury analyst at the asset manager Carmignac Gestion in Paris, told The

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Global Briefing | Cracking E-Commerce in China

Global Briefing | Shanghai

Xiu.com screenshot | Source: Xiu.com

We continue this week’s focus on e-commerce by turning our attention on how to succeed in the rapidly expanding e-commerce market in China.  BEIJING, China — According to a recent report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), China is set to become the world’s next e-commerce superpower, surpassing the United States to become the largest online commerce market in the world, with an estimated market size of $300 billion. In

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