Introduction Background in Brief: Coach was first established in 1941‚ as a small family run leather goods manufacturing business. Over time Coach became recognized as a premium brand that provided superior quality leather goods in classic styles and in the 1980`s it opened exclusive Coach retail stores. Coach was sold to Sara Lee in 1985 and experienced rapid expansion. Coach`s product portfolio was expanded to include‚ accessories‚ luggage and briefcases and many more exclusive Coach stores
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Chapter2 The Indian Luxury Consumer: Rapidly maturing and looking for more Any study of the luxury market needs to conclusively address core questions around the luxury customer - Who‚ What and Where. To fully understand answers to these questions‚ we interviewed existing and prospective customers across various locations‚ income and age groups. We also interviewed industry leaders across all luxury categories on the Indian consumer and the changes that they have observed over the last few years
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| Report on expanding ‘Louis Vuitton’ a brand of LVMH in India. | November 28‚ 2012 | | | | | Preface This report is made to understand whether a brand like Louis Vuitton can enter the diverse and upcoming Indian market. This report has surveys and analysis about all the current sale and marketing scenario of Indian market. It also aims to help our CEO to decide whether to invest in this market or not. The next question is in which part of this market to enter first. And
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1. What are the characteristics and attractiveness of industry? The characteristic of luxury goods industry Gucci‚ Hermes and Louis Vuitton‚ all of these brands had been found more than 150 years ago. With the high amount of profit‚ as well as the sales growing 6% every year could make luxury goods industry one of the highest profitable market in the world. The industry has seven main product categories which are; leather goods‚ footwear‚ high-end apparel‚ silks‚ watches‚ jewelry and perfume. The
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1. Introduction Luxury can be defined as an indulgence rather than a necessity. It comes with a heavy price and only the up-market population can afford to enjoy it. This does not make the market any smaller or short of demand. The luxury goods market include- fashion‚ fragrances‚ watches‚ automobiles‚ drinks etc. The size of the market was US$ 175bn and grew at 7.9% in 2000 and faced its first recession in 6 yrs in 2009 where the growth went down to about 3% in 2008‚ due to the financial crisis
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opportunities and challenges for Louis Vuitton in Japan? There are times when spending is low due to the economy‚ but Japan’s market shows peak times of spending as well. The challenges LV market in Japan is the number of competitors like Coach and Gucci. Other companies such as H@M offer low prices for more money conscious consumers. 3. What are the specifics of the Japanese fashion luxury market? In the Japanese culture there is a need to show your status. This is done by purchasing expensive
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management’s goal and business plan to maintain and continue to strengthen the company’s Brand. Tiffany’s CEO is Michael Kowalski. He has been with the company since 1983 when he took his first position as Director of Financial Planning‚ and then continued to gain broad exposure by holding a variety of management positions. He assumed the role of Chairman of the Board in 2003‚ following William R. Chaney‚ and has grown the company’s revenue 9.94% per year and earnings per share (EPS) 14.51% (both compounded
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beginning to rise to the top. Lots of new designers were starting to make their own clothing brand and sell it to people who were interested in their designs. Many of these designers were french and italian‚ one of the italian designers was Guccio Gucci he was an italian businessman and fashion designer‚ another one was Coco Chanel she was a French fashion designer and the founder of the Chanel brand. She was the first designer to make loose women’s jersey‚ which were traditionally used for men’s
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1. What are the defining characteristics of the luxury goods industry? What is the industry like? Economics define a luxury good as one for which demand increase as income increase. Luxury goods are said to have high income elasticity of demand as people become wealthier‚ they will buy more and more of the luxury good. This also means‚ however‚ that should there be a decline in income its demand will drop. Unlike mediocre goods‚ they are related to price and high-income individuals. A luxury corporation
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through direct mail catalogs‚ on-line store‚ e-commerce websites as well. Strategies By the mid-1990s‚ the company’s performance began to decline as consumers developed a stronger performance for stylish French and Italian designer brands such as Gucci‚ Prada‚ Louis Vuitton etc. By 1995‚ annual sales growth in Coach’s best performing store fell from 40% to 5% as the company’s traditional leather bags fell out of favor with consumers. The company started changing by hiring Reed Krakoff. Under Krakoff
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