digitalization

Gucci is reinventing itself by creating digital content and digital products Marco Bizzari as CEO and Alessandro Michele as Creative Director, Gucci has managed to implement a marketing strategy targeted at Generation Z, i.e., the group of consumers with apparently low buying powers but high influences. According to Forbes, Sarah Willersdorf, Partner and Managing Director at BCG said that, while these young audiences only represented 4% of the world’s overall luxury consumption in 2018, the percentage was bound to double by 2020...

What is digitalization? Digitalization is described by Gartner as “the use of digital technologies to change a business model and provide new revenue and value-producing opportunities; it is the process of moving to a digital business.” For the past decades, businesses have been evolving towards digitalization and trying to shift into a more technological approach that adopts digital tools in everyday tasks, at both individual and organizational levels, to have more accessible and transparent data, faster processes and higher productivity...

A brief of this bankruptcy On May 7, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the luxury retailer behind brands like Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Mytheresa, Horchow and Last Call, Neiman Marcus Group filed for bankruptcy. This act invoked Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, which means that the company will undergo reorganization of affairs, debts and assets and formulate a plan to overcome its financial issues, without necessarily closing stores...

A huge market potential and accelerated adoption Live content has been appealing to audiences even since the age of television, as it creates the fear of missing out. Unsurprisingly, the live streaming market hit as high as $545 billion in 2018, according to Deloitte. As the online business has grown significantly in recent years with an increasing audience, live streaming is becoming one of the most sought after tools, especially in regions where e-commerce is a common practice...

Let’s start with Industry 4.0 Characterized by advanced technologies such as big data, smart factories, 3d technology, Artificial Intelligence, the internet of things, robots, advanced algorithms and machine learning, the 4th industrial revolution is happening as we speak and is triggering changes in industries and reshaping the way that companies manufacture products and the way that customers search for, engage with and shop for products...

Impacts: Dramatic drop and late recover The coronavirus pandemic has strongly impacted the first quarter of 2020, affecting the luxury industry to its core. Signs of a huge influence started in January, when the virus was striking China, the country responsible for 90% of the 2019 global luxury market growth and 35% of overall luxury sales...