More Designers Are Coming
Online
There are a number of high end Italian luxury designers who have historically always avoided
directly selling their merchandise online. This trend seems to now be changing and more of these
designers are beginning to sell their goods on the internet. This article looks at the reasons
behind this trend and the brands that are getting in on the profitable e-commerce market.
In years gone by, fashion houses such as Valentino and Armani have always avoided directly
selling their own goods online. Consumers have been able to purchase their luxury items through a
limited number of of other stores, but these fashion houses themselves have shied away from setting
up their own online e-commerce sites.
In Italy, online fashion shopping habits are changing. More and more Italians, and indeed people
the whole world over, are shopping for designer fashion online. The statistics show that internet
commerce is an extremely important and growing sales channel for luxury fashion items. Convenient,
accessible and efficient, this manner of shopping saves time, effort and money.
The world is also in a global economic downturn. In a recession, one of the areas that is going
to be hit hardest is the luxury fashion market. When people are tightening their purse strings to
get through a economic stagnation, spending on luxuries is one of the first areas to go.
The attitudes of the luxury shopping demographic are also changing. In practice, this means that
the buyers of these luxury brands are far more accustomed to internet shopping than they were ten
years ago.
Valentino and Armani have opened new online stores recently in time to benefit from the festive
shopping season. They continue the recent trend set by Cavalli and Ferragamo in launching
specialist online retail websites for their brands.
A growing percentage of the world's Christmas shoppers buy online. Luxury brands such as
Valentino and Armani want to capitalize on that spending and grab a larger piece of the market.
They see that setting up and running a successful online outlet does not detract from their brand
value. Online e-commerce sites are also far more cost effective and wide reaching than traditional
brick and mortar stores. For a relatively small investment, you can reach a global audience and
expose your brand to 24 hour consumer buying.
It may seem that they are coming rather late to the online shopping party, but I'm sure that
many readers will agree that it is better late than never...
Look at designer ladies tops or designer ladies jeans.
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