1st Edition

Sustainable Luxury and Social Entrepreneurship Volume II More Stories from the Pioneers

Edited By Miguel Angel Gardetti, María Eugenia Girón Copyright 2016
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

175 Pages
by Routledge

Luxury products are now seen by a growing number of global consumers as an important and more widely available way of expressing personal aspirations and values. Most consumers of luxury products and services use them as status symbols and symbols of success. However, the definition of success – and the way it is perceived by others – is changing. Many of these successful consumers now want the... Read more
Foreword Oskar Metsavaht (OSKLEN founder and CEO)AcknowledgementsSustainable luxury: Stories from the pioneers María Eugenia Girón (director of Mastercard and IE Business School Premium and Prestige Market Observatory)Stories from the social pioneers in the sustainable luxury sector: A conceptual vision  Miguel Angel Gardetti (Director of the Center for Studies on Sustainable Luxury)1. Elvis & Kresse, UK Kresse Wesling (company founder and director)2. The IOU Project, Spain Kavita Parmar (company founder and director)3. Aïny Savoirs Des Peuple, France Daniel Joutard (company founder and director)4. Pachacuti, UK Carry Somers (company founder and director)5. We Are Knitters, Spain María José Marín (company co-founder and director)6. Positive Luxury, UK Diana Verde Nieto (company founder and director)7. Bottletop, UK Oliver Wayman and Cameron Saul (company founders and directors)8. Big Blue Bike, USA Shudhan Kohli (company founder and director)9. Estancia Peuma Hue, Argentina Evelyn Hoter (company founder and director)About the editors

Biography

Gardetti, Miguel Angel; Girón, María Eugenia