From the Book
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Career in Luxury Test
Luxury Talent Quiz Is luxury the right industry for your talent? Take our simple test and find out if a career in luxury is right for you...
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A Formula for Success: A Leadership Duo
The paradox of a luxury brand is that it needs to engender a strong emotional link with its customers,while at the same time being managed as a very complex business. Business complexities include ensuring the right gross margins, purchasing raw materials at the right prices, choosing distribution channels carefully, opening stores in the best locations of major world cities with outstanding designs and fixtures and heavy inventories – and dealing with the huge investment required...
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Retail Talent Diagnosis
A “Retail Talent Diagnosis” will outline the key points to keep in mind regarding retail’s omni-channel challenges: new way of thinking, the war for retail talent, organization standards and new retail profiles. The retail toolbox will be used to illustrate how to provide excellence in service and set up and develop an appropriate HR retail policy with particular attention to: The “behavioral approach” to recruiting retail candidates Clear and relevant career retail opportunities A fair reward system including compensation and benefits...
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Case Study: Net-a-Porter
In 2009, the Richemont Group acquired www.net-a-porter.com, considered to be one of the most successful e-business fashion companies. Nathalie Massenet, Founder and Chairman of NET-A PORTER, pursued the company’s growth strategy by seeking and launching further innovative initiatives that will continue to raise the bar in terms of online user experience...
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Case Study: Recruiting a General Manager
The company: a 50 year old Swiss family watch brand is seeking a General Manager to leverage the company’s expansion and awareness for the both America and Asia markets. The mission: To lead the development and profitability of the watch activity & to develop new products in close cooperation with the creative’ s vision and the help of about 80 people including marketers, designers and trades people. The expected candidate: a team builder who understands product development and is highly growth oriented...
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