India Fashion Forum is proud to current a digital panel dialogue ‘The Reformation of Luxury: A Fashion Intelligence Meet’ powered by Istituto Marangoni on June 19, four:30-5:50 pm.
The digital panel dialogue might be moderated by Bijou Kurien, Strategy Board Member, L Catterton Asia Holdings.
Featured audio system embody:
– Ganesh Subramaniam, Founder, Stylumia
– Abdullah Abo Mihim, Programme Leader, MA Fashion Business, Istituto Marangoni London
– Shirin Mann, Founder & Creative Head, Needledust
– Gitanjali Saxena, Business Head, Global Luxury, Tata Cliq Luxury
Crises reminiscent of COVID-19 pandemic current alternatives to suppose and act out-of-the field. Reports from internationally showcase quite a few constructive tales of manufacturers which have accomplished exceptionally properly in reinventing themselves by introducing modern classes for his or her prospects and conserving them relevantly engaged throughout tense occasions. Measures taken to supply services in-want by many of the luxurious manufacturers had been vastly appreciated. Digitalization, go–inexperienced, go–phygital had been different focus areas. But, overwhelmingly, world consideration has been pushed to a holistic method to sustainability and the way to make luxurious extra significant and purposeful.
The digital panel dialogue will cowl:
– What are the learnings for the luxurious business and the way are key gamers prepping to bounce again?
– Can journey bans and security issues tilt buyer preferences in direction of native manufacturers?
– In the absence of bodily exhibits, what new platforms to showcase model collections will emerge?
– How is the business re-engineering for a brand new world order?
– What are the adjustments they foresee sooner or later, and what are the brand new fashions/ codecs that should be embraced for a triumphant revival?
Bijou Kurien, Strategy Board Member, L Catterton Asia Holdings
Bijou Kurien has 34 years of expertise in Indian business. A put up graduate in administration from the distinguished Xavier Institute at Jamshedpur, India, he earned his spurs at Hindustan Lever Limited, which he joined as a administration trainee and labored in product administration, and gross sales.
He then joined the group which arrange Titan Industries Limited, India’s main producer, marketer and retailer of watches, jewelry and equipment.
He launched manufacturers reminiscent of Titan, Tanishq, Fastrack, Sonata and many others and in addition helped create India’s largest chain of unique model shops. In 2006, he moved to Reliance Retail, the biggest personal sector firm in India, to assist arrange one of India’s most formidable retail forays. He is on the forefront of the retail enterprise at Reliance which reported a turnover of virtually Rs 11,000 crore in 2012-13, throughout 1,465 cities.
He has just lately joined personal fairness agency L Catterton Asia as a member of the strategic advisory board. L Catterton is the personal fairness arm of French luxurious large LVMH Moet Hennessy and chases primarily shopper sector offers within the area together with India.
Abdullah Abo Mihim, Programme Leader, MA Fashion Business, Istituto Marangoni, London
Abdullah joined Istituto Marangoni London in 2010, and since then he has been lecturing and main varied items on BA in Fashion Business, MA in Fashion & Luxury Brand Management, MA in Fashion Promotion and MA in Fashion Buying. Some of the topics taught embody: Economics, Finance, Big Data, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Wealth Management, Strategy, Luxury Management, and Project Management. He has been concerned in supervising Master Dissertations, and Undergraduate Business Plan initiatives.
He has taught in varied UK Higher Education Institutions lecturing Corporate Finance on the Buying and Merchandising Programs in Westminster University and Wealth Management on the MBA in Luxury Brand Management in Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU). He has been lecturing on the Postgraduate applications and Executive MBA (EMBA) within the Fashion Business School (LCF) throughout the University of the Arts London for over 5 years.
Prior to instructing, he labored within the Investment Banking Financial providers and Hedge funds working for Merrill Lynch, Bloomberg and MENA Capital.
He obtained a BSc in Financial Studies from BAU (Lebanon) in 2001, an MSc in Financial Management from the University of East London (2003), an MPhil Upgrade from SOAS-University of London (2005), and a PGCert in Academic Practice from Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU).
He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) a member of the Chartered Institute of Financial Services (ISI), The Chartered Management Institute (CMI), and The National Skills Academy for Financial Services (NSAFS). His analysis Interests embody Emerging markets, Microfinance in Retail, The interplay between Finance and Luxury, Wealth Management, Value chains, FinTech, Blockchain, and Big Data.
Ganesh Subramaniam, Founder, Stylumia
Ganesh Subramanian is the Founder & CEO at Stylumia, a deep know-how enterprise fixing actual-world issues in vogue and life-style companies utilizing reducing-edge Artificial Intelligence. Stylumia is current within the USA, Europe, UK, Middle East, Brazil and India.
An skilled retail skilled, he has had lengthy stints in Supply Chain and P&L management roles with world and Indian main vogue and normal merchandise retailers. He was earlier the Chief Operating Officer of India’s largest vogue e-tailer Myntra taking the enterprise from US$ 20 million to US$ 1 billion. During his stint at Myntra he constructed the world’s first AI-pushed vogue model, which is a world case examine now.
Prior to this, he was head of vogue and softlines enterprise at Walmart JV in India. He has additionally been in management roles with reputed vogue manufacturers and retailers specifically VF Corporation,Tommy Hilfiger, Reliance Trends, Arvind Brands, Indus League Clothing & Coats Viyella. He loves fixing actual-world issues utilizing know-how.
He is a thought chief within the business globally and shares his factors of view on a weekly foundation with world attain. His weekly thought-starters at the moment are working 185 weeks at a stretch.
Shirin Mann, Founder & Creative Head, Needledust
Shirin Mann Sangha is Founder & Creative Head of Needledust, a primary ‘Born of India’ footwear label to ‘reinvent and redesign’ juttis and convey one of the most effective Indian handicrafts on the ever evolving worldwide vogue grounds. It gives a line of high-quality leather-based juttis, that are handcrafted and hand-sewed by India’s most interesting artisans.
Needledust brings to you a line of bespoke high-quality leather-based juttis with hand embroidered designs, that talk the attraction of a real old skool artisan with a want to recreate vogue for people who put on, admire, protect its magnificence, class and tradition. With love for the handicraft and keenness for revival of the jutti, amalgamating the finesse of previous royal moulds with modern design and embroidery patterns.
Recently, Needledust launched MULES, another footwear that has the identical unparalleled high quality and craftsmanship of Needledust Juttis. 100 % handcrafted and vegan, Needledust mules function a range of patterns throughout a shocking palette of colors.
Gitanjali Saxena, Business Head, Global Luxury, Tata Cliq
Gitanjali Saxena is an skilled Head of Retail with a demonstrated historical past of working within the web business. She is expert in Digital Strategy, Corporate Communications, Market Research, Management, and Marketing Strategy.
She is a robust gross sales skilled with a PGDBM centered in Marketing from Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad.
