What do brands like Apple, Diesel, Abercrombie & Fitch and Virgin have in common and what differentiates them from other brands? These brands are able to maintain a relationship with their clients that goes beyond brand loyalty. This gives a complete analysis of Lifestyle Brands, that inspire, guide and motivate beyond product benefits alone.
This volume argues that fashion and luxury brands should craft the customer experience with the same attention as they do with products, injecting creativity in all relevant touch-points. In crafting the experience, not only physical and digital touch-points will be considered but also human touch-points. However crafting is not enough if the execution is not well engineered. This book explores how fashion and luxury organizations are usually divided into sylos (design, marketing, sales) and are more product-centric then consumer-centric. To become signature, the customer journey should be the result of a new organization design and company culture enabled by three factors: data and technology, people and organizational mechanisms, and processes design and execution.