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What drives fashion’s growth when scale is no longer enough? The 2027 RLC Fashion Summit brings together CEOs, founders, investors and industry leaders to examine exactly that: the structural forces redrawing fashion and luxury, the opportunities they open for the businesses leading the industry, and what distinguishes the brands, products, experiences and places that remain relevant. Save the date. 17 March 2027, Milan. Request an invitation: https://lnkd.in/dDUW7iFW #RLCFashion #RLCFashionSummit #Milan

Set within the exclusive space of 40 Duke at Selfridges, the RLC Leadership Series brought together some of the sharpest minds in luxury to share bold insights, forge meaningful connections, inspire strategic vision, and map out the future of the industry. ✨ Catch the highlights and candid moments from the gathering in the video. Sylvie Freund-Pickavance, Derrick Hardman, Kirsty McGregor, André Maeder, Helen Brocklebank, Andrea Baldo, Amal Benichou, Mario Ortelli, Selfridges Group #RLCLeadershipSeries #London #Selfridges #RLCGlobalForum

We asked senior leaders across luxury and retail a simple question at the RLC Leadership Series in London earlier in September: what qualities does today’s uneven and fragmented market demand from leadership that a steadier one did not? Sylvie Freund-Pickavance of Value Retail, Derrick Hardman of Global Blue by Shift4, Deborah Aitken of Bloomberg Intelligence and Mario Ortelli of Ortelli&Co. converged on agility, the capacity to set a course and still move when conditions turn. Alongside it came speed of reaction, lessons from recent shocks carried forward, and a clear sense of what a brand stands for, held steady while everything around it shifts. Watch what they said. 👇 The conversation about "Uneven Futures" will continue at the 2027 RLC Annual Forum, 1-2 February in Riyadh: https://lnkd.in/dwweGeav #RLCGlobalForum #RLCLeadershipSeries #London #RLC2027

The global luxury market is growing in 2026. Bloomberg Intelligence data, presented by Deborah Aitken, Senior Equity Analyst for Global Luxury Goods, maps a market expanding at 4% this year, and concentrating around a far narrower consumer base than the one that built it. These are the facts: - North America is now luxury’s single strongest-performing region, rising to nearly 29.5% of global revenue and growing at 6%, driven by domestic wealth creation - The Middle East conflict created a 100-150 basis point drag on global luxury goods growth in the first half of 2026 - Jewelry leads all major categories at 5% growth on a retail base of €54.8 billion, increasingly bought as a store of value rather than a purchase - Experiential luxury is growing at 1.5 times the rate of tangible goods - Ultra-high-net-worth individual wealth is projected to grow at 5-7% annually - China recorded 4% growth in 2026, with seven of the largest luxury makers reporting revenue growth in Q1. Recovery, however, is selective, not broad - Beauty is drawing serious capital: Kering Beauté sold to L'Oréal for €4 billion, as traditional luxury houses move aggressively into the category Successive price increases across the major houses made entry points untenable for the aspirational luxury consumer, a tier that was always stretching to participate. They simply moved their spending to a different price ladder. Read the full analysis: https://lnkd.in/dfUhRVWw #RLCInsights #luxury #bloomberg #RLCGlobalForum

Global commerce no longer advances as one. Markets are moving at different speeds, shaped by different priorities and operating under different rules. The era of synchronized global growth is over, and strategies need to adapt to this more fragmented reality. In our Insights, we examine what this means for commerce, consumers and leadership: 👉 The convergence model that underpinned global retail for decades is breaking down. Flexibility and local conviction are replacing scale as the defining competitive advantage. 👉 Consumers are segmenting alongside markets. The multipolar consumer holds value, aspiration, convenience and identity as simultaneous motivators within the same shopping journey. 👉 Businesses cannot approach every market in the same way. Their organizational model must be built for increasingly uneven growth. These are the questions the 2027 RLC Annual Forum will put at the center of the conversation in Riyadh on February 1-2, 2027. Read the full piece: https://lnkd.in/dPC9Pr5k #RLC2027 #RLCGlobalForum #RLCInsights #commerce

Uneven Futures. Different futures are taking shape at once across markets, technologies, consumers and places. On February 1–2, 2027, the RLC Annual Forum returns to Riyadh to examine these uneven futures and the choices, partnerships and ideas that will shape what comes next. RLC Annual Forum 2027 | Riyadh https://lnkd.in/dwweGeav #RLC27 #RLCGlobalForum #UnevenFutures #Riyadh2027