Luisa Via Roma
Luisa Via Roma Targets US Expansion with Content-Driven Strategy
The family-owned Italian e-commerce retailer hired Kate Davidson Hudson to oversee its expanded content strategy and launch a magazine amid a competitive online luxury market.
Why Luxury Retailers Are Making a Play for Housewares
Online retailers like Moda Operandi and MatchesFashion are dipping their toes into the $649 billion homeware space, betting the same customers splurging on dresses and shoes will also buy candles and chairs.
From Local Boutiques to Global E-tailers
E-commerce enables local fashion boutiques to tap global markets. Or so the theory goes. What does it take to put it into practice?
Andrea Panconesi of Luisa Via Roma on Becoming a Global E-tailer
BoF sat down with Luisa Via Roma chief executive Andrea Panconesi to discuss how the store grew from a small hat boutique, founded in Florence in 1930, to a global fashion e-commerce player.
Fashion Inflation: Why Are Prices Rising So Fast?
From shoes to handbags to ready-to-wear, the price of designer fashion has increased precipitously over the last decade. What’s driving the rising prices? And how high can they go?