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Business of Luxury
Inside this issue
• Luxury companies have been slow to embrace green policies
• Do deals signed at the height of the market look sensible now?
• Expansion brings with it dilemmas for the top brands (PDF) - -
Content
High quality can beat the credit crisis
Richard Milne analyses whether spending on luxury from rich consumers can offset the wider slowdown
Sustainability: Green not yet the new black
Luxury goods makers have been slow to embrace environmentalism,says Fiona Harvey
Michael Kowalski: Tiffany parades its voluntary standards
Vanessa Friedman talks about his efforts to green the group’s supply chain
E-commerce: Web remains a world away for big brands
Guy Salter and Victoria Bracewell argue that more online effort is needed
Japanese consumers: Shrinking concern for labels
Jonathan Soble looks at how the country’s view of luxury is changing
Guest column: Japan’s eye for quality may not be equalled
Japan’s deep appreciation of Western luxury is spreading to other Asian countries, writes Radha Chadha
Dealmaking: When a sledgehammer meets the fashionistas
Permira’s consumer investment head tells Martin Arnold about the Valentino buyout
Private equity: An uneasy bedfellow wakes up to a crisis
The credit crunch has taken the gloss off dealmaking, says Martin Arnold
Middlemen: Ateliers of Asia stake their claim
Top brands are flocking to factories in east Asia, says Robin Kwong
Exclusivity: Protect your name as you grow
Expansion brings with it dilemmas for top brands, Scheherazade Daneshkhu writes
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