Harvey Nichols and the Next Chapter of Luxury Retail
September 4, 2026
Frasers Group has acquired Harvey Nichols. The deal says something important about the state of luxury retail and who its future custodians might be.
Department Stores
Is One Location Enough as a Viable Department Store Strategy?
July 27, 2026
Single-location retail sounds like a limitation. For some retailers, it turned out to be the most defensible department store strategy in the business.
Permacrisis, AI and the Future of Stores: The IGDS World Department Store Summit 2026
May 15, 2026
The department store sector has been declared dead more times than anyone cares to count. The IGDS World Department Store Summit 2026 begs to differ.
The New Geometry of the Luxury Destination
April 3, 2026
The mall-as-landlord model is obsolete. Three integration models are replacing it — and the operators building them are redefining luxury retail and the luxury destination