We lost a giant in American retail this week when Ira Neimark died. The man championed American designers as household names and opened up the world’s largest market to hitherto unfamiliar European brands like Fendi. He also gave generously of his knowledge to future generations. With his book “Crossing Fifth Read more…
Enough hands have been wrung about the demise of the Garment District. Its proponents cite rising rents, a city hostile to its needs and outsourcing for its problems and its growing obsolescence. If only the city paid more attention and enforced its zoning regulations, if only established corporations would devote Read more…
I recently attended the Luxury Education Foundation’s Luxury Round Table – a series of conversations where luxury professionals speak to students from Columbia Business School and Parsons the School of Design. The panelists were owners and chief executives of luxury start-ups in New York City and the discussion’s topic was Read more…