If there is one thing that has changed in luxury in the last 30 years, it is the single minded focus on profitability. In
Business Quotes
Bono Africa Environment
‘Bono thinks it’s all about reducing poverty.’ says Mike Fay, the hugely influential Wildlife Conservation Society biologist. ‘That just means getting every human on
Chinese buying luxury goods for status
Chinese people will gladly spend a price premium for goods that are publicly consumed. But it’s like buying a big glob of shiny glitter.
Status of luxury goods in China, Vogue China editor Angelica Cheung
Most Chinese buy luxury as a status symbol rather than taste. They like logos. They want people to know they are carrying something expensive.
Christian Louboutin, French shoe designer
I see these men who build luxury brands to make money, and I am working in the same industry but I feel I have
Globalization of manufacturing
Today, the luxury brand handbag is a study in globalization: hardware, like locks, come from Italy and China (primarily Guangzhou); the zipper comes from
How we define the good life
According to a Roper Center study in 1975, a lot of Americans thought the good life meant a happy marriage, one or more children,
Christian Louboutin, French shoe designer
I did not do a company to make money. I made shoes and it became a company.
Ayn Rand, Comparisons
I don’t make comparisons. I never think of myself in relation to anyone else. I just refuse to measure myself as part of anything.
Stephen Barrow, Investment manager
Wealth is not created by financial engineering. Financial engineering tends to be a transfer of wealth…The only real way to create wealth is to