LRM Audio Reports
by Luxury Retail Market
LRM audio reports offer in-depth analysis and dialogue on the luxury retail industry. We explore luxury retail through the lenses of strategy, leadership, talent, and client experience—going beyond weekly headlines to unpack the decisions, structures, and human dynamics behind enduring luxury brands.LRM is 501(c)(3) nonprofit org advancing the future of luxury retail through education, research, and collaboration.
Episodes
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The Realignment of Luxury Retail & Commercial Real Estate
Luxury retail is undergoing a structural reset. In this episode, we recap and discuss LRM’s new six-chapter research series, The Structural Realignment of Luxury Retail & Commercial Real Estate, exploring how real estate ownership, immersive mega-flagships, private client formats, and evolving...
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Case Study: Why Heritage Brands Must Control Resale
The secondary luxury market is no longer peripheral, it is a parallel economy reshaping the foundations of the industry. Valued at over €50B and growing at a rate significantly faster than the primary market, resale has transformed from a fringe channel into a central force influencing pricing,...
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Did Real Estate Arbitrage Bankrupted Saks Global?
In this episode, LRM examines the unraveling of Saks Global—the entity formed by Hudson’s Bay Company’s $2.65B acquisition of Neiman Marcus and merger with Saks Fifth Avenue. This episode analyzes: The financial engineering behind the “fantasy merger” The controversial real estate strategy...
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The Luxury State of the Union 2026: Why Logic is Toxic
From today’s vantage point, the years following 2020 reshaped consumer behavior, supply chains, and competitive dynamics, creating a new and more volatile equilibrium. In this episode, we examine how the industry transitioned from crisis to recalibration between 2020 and 2025, and distill the...
About this show
LRM audio reports offer in-depth analysis and dialogue on the luxury retail industry. We explore luxury retail through the lenses of strategy, leadership, talent, and client experience—going beyond weekly headlines to unpack the decisions, structures, and human dynamics behind enduring luxury brands.LRM is 501(c)(3) nonprofit org advancing the future of luxury retail through education, research, and collaboration.
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