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• Brands are reconsidering a discredited business model
• Lionel Barber, Martin Wolf and Vanessa Friedman interview leading figures at the FT luxury summit in Monte Carlo at www.ft.com/luxury-video - -
Content
Slimming all the rage as belts tighten
Haig Simonian investigates the problems faced by luxury goods conglomerates in the current market
Economics: How the world economy might recover its poise
Martin Wolf talks to three economists about the prospects for a global recovery
Guest column: Luxury marketing plays by a different set of rules
With old strategies to sell products no longer effective, it is it is time to reconsider the essence of luxury management, write Jean-Noel Kapferer and Vincent Bastien
Bernard Arnault: How to manage the transition into quality
Vanessa Friedman discusses the state of the industry with the head of LVMH
Diego Della Valle: Italian atmosphere is central to Tod’s global expansion
Vincent Boland talks to the head of the Italian fashion house about quality and globalisation
Environment: Build for a lifetime and it won’t end up on the dump
Fiona Harvey asks what approach the industry should take towards waste
Power of pricing: Exchange rates blamed for price differences
Imran Amed examines the effect of currency fluctuations on the industry and consumer behaviour
Online: Innovative retail ideas go on the net
Beauty and fashion on the internet is coming of age, says Elisa Anniss
Licensing: Horrors of past are now just a memory
Lucie Greene investigates whether the benefits outweigh the dangers of diluting the brand
Retail feels the pinch as consumers rein in spending
US luxury spending estimated to have fallen by a quarter in April compared to the previous year, according to data from Mastercard, writes Jonathan Birchall
