In a room with over 300 of the luxury world's leading voices, the attendees of the Walpole British Luxury Summit 2022 were party to a series of unique insights, trends and themes that laid out a radical new vision for our industry, both domestically and internationally, over the coming years.
With the help of expert panellists, journalists and speakers, the agenda acknowledged the challenges we face such as the current geopolitical upheavals in Europe and the post-pandemic recovery, but looked forward with optimism to the emergence of a new consumer who wants to reward themselves through exceptional experiences and investment pieces, as well as a new generation who put sustainability at the forefront of their purchasing demands.
There were also sessions on curating your brand in the metaverse, the importance of non-performative representation, what you need to know about the luxury market in China and the increasing prominence of the GCC customer.
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A huge thank you to all our guests for joining us, and to our expert speakers:
Tom Athron, Chief Executive Officer, Fortnum & Mason
Rosie Blau, Editor of 1843 magazine, The Economist
Stuart Cassells, General Manager, The Macallan Estate
Kev Chesters, Co-Founder & Strategy Partner, Harbour Collective
Frances Christie, Deputy Chairman, Sotheby's UK & Ireland
Marie-Claire Daveu, Chief Sustainability & Institutional Affairs Officer, Kering
Brian Duffy, CEO, The Watches of Switzerland Group
Leanne Elliott-Young, Co-Founder & CEO, the Institute of Digital Fashion
Tom Grogan, CEO, MDRxTECH LLP
Sam Falic, Co-Founder & President, BlockBar
Misan Harriman, Founder, What We Seee and Chair, Southbank Centre
Adam Knight, Co-Founder, TONG
Léa Maalouf, Head of Media Relations & Public Affairs, Chalhoub Group
Helen McCabe-Young, Senior Vice President Marketing, Virtuoso Travel
Ian Earnshaw, Commercial Director, Mulberry
Sharan Pasricha, Founder and Co-CEO, Ennismore
Filippo Prete, Associate Partner, Bain & Company
Bill Prince, Acting Editor-in-Chief, Wallpaper*
Anant Sharma, CEO, Matter Of Form
Sarah Shannon, Editorial Director, Vogue Business
Jacques Stern, President & CEO, Global Blue
Dana Thomas, Contributing European Sustainability Editor, British Vogue and Author
Michael Ward, Managing Director, Harrods
Katy Wickremesinghe, Founder, KTW & The Wick
Download the Walpole British Luxury Summit 2022 Programme here
Thanks also to our supporters: The Londoner, TONG, Luxury Marketing House, Cab-E-Media, DG3 Leycol, Eight Lands, Ettinger, GF Smith, Ruuby, and WildAbout, as well as Adam Duke Photography and Ciaran Lee at Allied Content.
