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What Makes a Rolex so Expensive?
The 18-karat white-gold Rolex Cosmograph Daytona sells for $41,300 whereas the same model in stainless steel sells for $13,150. At t...
fashion economics
luxury
Hermes at Risk?
The WSJ reports that Hermes generates 25% to 30% of total sales off of two, now iconic, handbags: the Birkin and Kelly. The challeng...
fashion economics
Hermes
luxury
The Business of Fashion - Imran Amed
Harvard grad and former Mckinsey consultant Imran Amed became one of the fashion industry's most knowledgeable experts with a fashio...
fashion economics
Versace: A $2.1 BN Price Tag for $17.5 MN of Profits
An article in the WSJ highlighted several metrics and recent transactions suggesting the top is near:
fashion economics
valuation
"Then there’s Mic...
Chanel reveals financial results for the first time in 108 years.
Chanel chose to reveal financial results for the first time in over a century to make the company's position in the fashion industry...
Chanel
fashion economics
Robots bring the cost of manufacturing a t-shirt down to 33 cents.
The cost of manufacturing is increasingly influenced by advances in automation. With this progress the cost of labor, and consequent...
automation
fashion economics
manufacturing
Record Sale: $300,168 (USD) for a Birkin Bag.
Christie's sold the most expensive handbag to date:
Birkin
crocodile
fashion economics
Hermes
Fabled as the rarest handbag in the world, this Hermès Himalaya Bir...