Frankfort, former CEO of Coach and now head of an investment firm, looks for four things in assessing a brand.

Houses including HermEs, Prada and Bottega Veneta have taken to producing their own unique leathers, each perfected to suit a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. Luxury's focus on accessibility fueled growth but alienated ...

Fleur Arbel and Christophe Kairouz, both from France, were lured into Louis Vuitton’s New York flagship recently by a colorful sculpture of a monogrammed giraffe and ostrich above the store’s entrance ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Pam Danziger reports on retail, focused on the luxury consumer market. “These high turnover rates are extremely problematic for ...

I love a designer bag just as much as the next girl, but in this economy? Yesterday’s price is definitely not today’s price. In fact, yesterday’s price has nearly doubled with a Chanel classic flap ...