Kid luxe, Bergdorf’s digital journey, SuperGroup co-founder exits, Instagram effect, Erin O’Connor

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Burberry Childrenswear Autumn/Winter 2012 | Source: Burberry

Rich toddlers draw fashion designers’ eyes (Business Week) “Top fashion designers are pushing more expensive duds for the increasingly lucrative affluent toddler demographic. This fall, Oscar de la Renta, Dolce & Gabbana, and Marni launched collections for the pint-sized.” Bergdorf Goodman’s Online Push (WWD) “The retailer’s digital journey began with YouTube in 2007, followed by Facebook and

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Cheap and cheerful, Tumi soars, Flash vs local, Supergroup profit warning, Tabitha Simmons

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Gilt Groupe screen shot | Source: WWD

Uniqlo: Cheap and Very Cheerful (WSJ) “Uniqlo came into being as Unique Clothing Warehouse in Hiroshima in 1984. The company, founded by current group president Tadashi Yanai, was based on the tailoring store that Yanai’s father opened in 1949 in Yamaguchi… The company changed its name to Fast Retailing Co. in 1991 and, in what seems like self-fulfilling prophecy, is now one of Asia’s fastest-growing

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Couture dream, Lion Capital’s defence, Supergroup sales jump, Valentino runway debut, Sole man

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Lanvin by But Sou Lai | Source: NY Times

The Inside Story of a Couture Dream in the Making (IHT) “Few dare to focus on a blank page, even if it has a gilded trim, or to imagine that a cover could be made from gros grain, with the texture of a couture dress and no sign of a title — until you find the names embossed on the gilding: ‘Lanvin’ and ‘Alber Elbaz.’… ‘I didn’t want to make it a retrospective, the beginning of the

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Steve Jobs’ legacy, Sea of change, Stubborn optimism, SuperGroup’s IT disaster, Kanye’s disappointment

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Steve Jobs | Source: Wired.com

Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011 (Wired.co.uk) “The full legacy of Steve Jobs will not be sorted out for a very long time. When employees first talked about Jobs’ “reality distortion field,” it was a pejorative — they were referring to the way that he got you to sign on to a false truth by the force of his conviction and charisma. But at a certain point the view of the world from Steve Jobs’ brain ceased to become distorted. It became

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Arnault’s evolving empire, SuperGroup hits back, Luxury stocks rising, Consumer choice, The Duchess sells

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Bernard Arnault | Source: Fashion Pile

Bernard Arnault Rethinks the Cult of Fashion Gurus (Newsweek) “Arnault suggests it’s time for change, time to recast his global, glittering, status-laden empire as something else. The watchwords are: intimate, Old World, artful. And the timing feels right… After all, Arnault has learned that rock-star designers come and go. ‘A good product,’ he says, ‘can last forever.’” SuperGroup rebuts

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