Supported by UBS, the world’s leading wealth manager, the Luxury Outlook Summit sets the tone for the year ahead in luxury. This year’s edition will feature speakers from not only Rolls-Royce, but also McKinsey, Kearney, Ritz-Carlton, Phillips, Forbes, UBS, Genpact, DLG (Digital Luxury Group), Brown Harris Stevens and Luxury Institute, among other agenda-setters in luxury.

Luxury stands at a crossroads: uneven regional growth paths, pricing pressure and fragmented consumer personas are testing its core.

Fashion leaders have moved past uncertainty, but challenges including economic volatility, evolving consumer priorities and rapid technological disruption demand more agility and stronger capabilities to succeed in the year ahead.

Transactions in the global super-prime real estate market – $10 million-plus – slowed in the third quarter as a thinner pipeline moderated deal flow.

The visibility and influence of women in the global art market have never been greater, with female collectors leading spending in several regions and championing works by female artists at unprecedented levels.

Designers are also embracing the future by beginning to adopt AI tools for efficiency while looking back to vintage and antique furniture for inspiration and quality craftsmanship

Many mid-market luxury brands are cautiously entering loyalty and cashback ecosystems once considered off-limits for fear those programs might be detrimental to the brand’s identity.

How we co-opt AI in our lives – professionally and personally – will mark the difference between success and failure in the second half of this decade for luxury marketers, retailers and professionals.

India is no longer a passive consumer market for global maisons. It is being actively shaped by the strategic ambitions of its largest homegrown conglomerates.

While there are a multitude of applications for generative AI, marketing is one of the areas that has made the greatest inroads while still being susceptible to the greatest risks.

The usual approach – clearance sales – are not going to help retailers get out of their current inventory-glut jam and build the runway they need to hit their longer-term goals.

Less than a week to go before the leading networking-oriented luxury outlook conference welcomes top decision-makers in the business to gain invaluable insights from 46 senior execs in global luxury. Will luxury bounce back in 2026 or struggle? Will AI help or threaten luxury professionals and brands? This and more on Jan. 14-15 in New York. Join us – time is running out to register.

AI is already reshaping discovery, clienteling, service and operations. Yet most organizations are stuck in pilot mode because AI sits outside the real workflow.

The global luxury business is at an inflection point where demand is strong at the high-end from an ever-growing wealthy class, and flat at the aspirational level. Throw in the ongoing geopolitical challenges and U.S. government tariffs and antipathy to tourists. Then add the tech frenemy in the mix, AI. What should luxury marketers and professionals do? Where should they turn?