We don’t discount because American shoppers have an addiction to cheap junk we don’t need.
Men’s tailored performance brand Mizzen+Main is one of a growing number of modern luxury companies that don’t discount. CEO Kevin Lavelle explains why.
Capital injection: Watch publisher Hodinkee rakes in $453K in revenue in just two hours.
The watch publisher has put out two brilliant timepiece collaborations this quarter — and no one’s doing it better.
The Reboot: Relaunching Fila as the Rapha for the tennis market.
In a new regular feature, we take Fila from a low-end, discount sportswear producer, to an upmarket brand that celebrates is golden-era tennis pedigree and doubles down on technical innovation.
The downward spiral: Why Everlane, Mizzen+Main, and Lululemon don’t discount.
Discounting is a drug. It’s ultimately just as bad for shoppers as it is for the brands that rely on them.
Dymant’s David Klingbeil: “Will people go back to old luxury brands if there’s better quality online at half the price?”
Winter is coming for luxury conglomerates, he says. And it should make them very nervous.
Arun Gupta’s Grailed is democratizing luxury streetwear. Still, is this actually a good thing?
In three years, Grailed has become the leading men’s streetwear resale platform. But there are grumbles about whether this is truly a positive.
Six months into launch, ArtAndOnly is proving that $100,000 art can flourish online.
Competing amongst the likes of Paddle8 and Auctionata is no easy feat. ArtAndOnly has planted its flag in the online art market by cashing in on a different model.
Brooklyn Tailors’ Daniel Lewis: “The luxury of being small is that you don’t have anyone to answer to.”
We sat down with Brooklyn Tailors’ CEO for a chat about endless growth and scale, remaining hands-on, and common sense business thinking.
The big takeaway from the Goldman Sachs Retail Conference: ‘Omnichannel’ is the new buzzword.
Caraa CEO Aaron Luo discusses his takeaways from the Goldman Sachs Retail Conference in September.
How Silicon Valley (and other global tech hubs) are helping luxury return to its roots.
The original principles of luxury were led astray by conglomerates’ mass market motives. Tech is helping new brands bring those standards back.
