Consumer & luxury goods

Journal du Textile  Pascale Mattei  19 January 2010
L`empire Mariella Burani se trouve désormais au bord de la faillite
A contribution on the strategy that luxury companies should adopt in order to recover 2007 success levels. By Alfonso Marone, partner of the Value Partners London office.

IlSole 24Ore  Marco Masciaga  22 October 2009
Passaggio stretto in India
Important brands are reducing their investiments in India because of untrustable local partners and a low-growth internal market. With a contribution by Luca Ferro, managing partner of the Value Partners Mumbai office.

Il Sole 24 Ore  Giulia Crivelli  30 July 2009
L'indice verde della moda
The world of fashion and eco-sustainability. With a contribution by Alfonso Marone, Partner of Value Partners London office

CNBC Europe  Squawk Box  9 June 2009
Luxury brands face stagnant sales
An interview with Alfonso Marone, partner of the London office, on luxury brands.

Shanghai Business Review  Sheila Wong  May 2009
Italy Country focus: More than Food, Fashion and Fine Wine
With a contribution by Ruggero Jenna. Please also note Value Partners Corporate advertisement at the bottom of page 30 of the attachment

luxurysociety.com  May 2009
Luxury 2.0: the role of digital channels in a downturn
By Alfonso Marone, Partner of Value Partners London.

Strictly Money   CNBC Europe  14 April 2009
The Role of Luxury during the Recession
"These days, luxury good can be divided into super-luxury and accessible-luxury," Alfonso Marone, Partner of Value Partners London, joined CNBC to discuss the meaning of this division and its effects on the "super-luxury" producers

El Cronista  Ximena Casa  25 March 2009
Ni tan joven, ni tan viejo: las marcas no registran a los mayores de 50
With contributions by Luca Bosetti, Manager of Value Partners Buenos Aires office, on the new market strategies dedicated to over 50-year-old consumers

Il Sole 24 Ore  Giulia Crivelli  23 February  2009
Il Web 2.0 - ora la scelta è vincente
An interview with Alfonso Marone on the importance of the internet in the luxury sector

By Alfonso Marone, partner, and Kim Chua, manager, in the London office.  february 2009
Luxury 2.0: the role of digital channels in a downturn
Luxury businesses are feeling the effects of the economic downturn, as growing job losses and plummeting consumer confidence translate to cuts in retail spending across the board. The 2009 Luxury CEO agenda looks quite different from 12-18 months ago; the inevitable rethink of their growth strategies will place less emphasis on expanding physical retail networks and launching new product categories [...]

Milano Finanza  26 November 2008
L'India sarà un investimento a lungo termine per i luxury brand
Luca Ferro speaks at the Milano Fashion Global Summit presenting a research on investments in the luxury sector in India

Il Sole 24 Ore  26 November 2008
La frontiera diventa l´India
India as a new market but also as an important craftmanship platform. With a contribution by Luca Ferro

Milan 25 November 2008
In India si va solo per il lungo periodo
Luca Ferro, Value Partners Mumbai Office Manager, presents the opportunities in the Indian market at next Fashion Global Summit, with an intervention called "India Luxury Retail Market: A long-term bet"

Milan, Università Bocconi, 25 November 2008
Luxury Check Up, Can growth be achieved through new markets alone?
Luca Ferro, Value Partners Mumbai Office Manager, presents the opportunities in the Indian market at next Fashion Global Summit, with an intervention called "India Luxury Retail Market: A long-term bet" For further information please see the official presentation
Programme on the Milano Fashion Global Summit official web site www.fashionsummit.it

Il Sole 24 Ore  Giulia Crivelli  12 February 2008
Continua la corsa del lusso etico
An intervention by Simonetta Iarlori

Giacomo Santucci  27 novembre 2007
The Next Luxury. A survey.
Value Partners' survey presented yesterday by Giacomo Santucci at the 2007 Milano Fashion Global Summit

Milan, 20 November 2007
2007 Milano Fashion Global Summit
Milano Fashion Global Summit brings together a highly selected group of industry leaders and other influential personalities from around the world to share authoritative opinions on the challenges and opportunities that fashion faces in today's constantly changing markets. The Summit gathers company leaders and top management and has a unique focus on the links between fashion and finance. Within this year edition, Giacomo Santucci, Advisor to Value Partners Luxury Goods, Retail and Italian lifestyle practice, will present our survey entitled "Luxury Goods secret codes". Further information at the Fashion summit website
Next Luxury: from Luxury to Global Luxury, to Personalized Luxury.What's Next?Markets, Strategies, and Distribution to Outline the Fashion and the Design of the Future. The summit will be held on Tuesday 27 November, at the Bocconi University of Milan

Beijing, 22 October 2007
Retail and International Brand Development: shaping the industry
The seminar is organized by Value Partners, in collaboration with the China Fashion Association and the China - Italy Chamber of Commerce, and is part of the Beijing Fashion Week (4-11 November). The aim is to make possible a discussion on the most relevant issues in Chinese luxury market among the three key players of the sector: the international brands which have chosen to act also in China, retailers and local real estate operators interested in grasping the most attractive formats and formulas for fashion companies. The speakers: David Cucino, China - Italy Chamber of Commerce, Denis Ma, Fullco Consultants (Tianjin Textiles Group), Chen Shujin, China National Textile and Apparel Council, Maurizio Macchi, ITHolding Group, Virginia Bruce, Real Brand & Business, Giacomo Santucci e Ruggero Jenna Value Partners.
Further details

国际品牌及国内零售业综合研讨会
组织者：威普管理咨询，北京， 2007年11月9日

国际品牌及国内零售业综合研讨会

2007 年11月9日，北京艺术新区798仁俱乐部

北京，2007年10月22日——本次研讨会作为中国服装周（11月4日到11 日）的主题活动，由威普管理咨询公司主办，中国服装设计师协会和中国意大利商会共同协办。本次研讨会邀请了在中国奢侈品市场上的三个主要参与者已经活跃在中国市场的国际品牌、零售商和对于时尚公司如何有更吸引人的格局感兴趣的本土地产开发商，就中国奢侈品市场领域中的相关问题展开讨论。

演讲者：中国意大利商会主席 David Cucino 先生， Fullco 咨询公司（天纺集团）战略部主管 Dennis 马先生，中国纺织工业协会副会长陈树津先生， IT 控股集团副主席 Maurizio Macchi 先生， Real Brand & Business公司首席执行官 Virginia Bruce 先生，威普奢侈品、零售及意大利生活风尚顾问 Giacomo Santucci 先生，威普中国负责人 Ruggero Jenna 先生 Further information
9 November, Yan Club Arts Center, Beijing.

Affari&Finanza    27 novembre 2006
Grandi magazzini del lusso - torna il "suk a sette stelle"
With an intervention by Giacomo Santucci

MF fashion   Chiara Bottoni  22 novembre 2006
Retail, il futuro è multibrand
With an intervention by Giacomo Santucci, among the speakers of the 2006 Milano Fashion Global Summit

  Milan, 2 November 2006
Rome and the Future of Cities Giacomo Santucci, partner of Value Partners and leader of the Luxury goods practice, will present the EUR project during the 7th DEGW Italia international conference entitled “Rome and the Future of Cities”. The meeting aims at fostering a discussion on the future of cities, on the new metropolitan challenges and on the power of imagination to create “excellence places”. Walter Veltroni, Mayor of Rome, Carlo Puri Negri, Managing Director Pirelli Real Estate and Francesco Rutelli, Minister of Cultural Affairs, will take part to the conference, as well as other international key speakers .
For further information visit the official web site
Giacomo Santucci speaks at the 7 th DEGW Italia International Conference that will take place the 22 November at the “Roma Eventi” Conference Center.

Milan, 2 November 2006
2006 MILANO FASHION GLOBAL SUMMIT Giacomo Santucci, partner of Value Partners and leader of the Luxury goods practice, will speak in the section devoted to “Spaces and Lifestyle:Architecture and Fashion, Creativity and the Marketplace”: they’ll talk about:
·The importance of the architectural spaces, not solely as sales tools but also as a means of communication
·Spaces and style: architectural interpretation of the dream and the evolution of the marketplace
For further details visit the official web site
Style to Lifestyle Capturing the 360° Evolution of Fashion, Luxury and Design to Prompt International Growth. Giacomo Santucci takes part to the 2006 Milano Fashion Global Summit that will take place the 21 November at the Milan Nhow Hotel.

Document presented at the Indian Retail Forum  of Mumbai,  September 9 2006
Main trends in Retail Concept around the world
Luca Ferro on the challenges of new retail concepts

  Milan, 27 April 2006
FT Business of Luxury Summit Giacomo Santucci, partner in Value Partners Management Consulting and leader of the Luxury goods practice, speaks at the second Business of Luxury Summit, which will take as its theme “The Rationalisation of Luxury - New Business Models, New Strategies”. The summit represents an opportunity for attendees to learn about and discuss new trends and business models that are shaping the global luxury sector.
Giacomo Santucci is a speaker at the Financial Times Business of Luxury Summit held from 4 to 6 June at Las Vegas Ritz-Carlton Resort.