2nd Luxury Round Table Conference, Taj West End, Bangalore, India: 18th March, 2011

Building Global Luxury Brands: Lessons from Emerging Economies

Some of the key issues that the Round Table discussed was on (a) Insights to make a Global brand (b) Global brands investing in local brands (c) corporate strategy, philosophy and mindset to build and sustain the making of a global brand (d) Issues of Global Brands to survive and be a key player in emerging markets. Speakers were: Ashok Som, Associate Dean of ESSEC Business School Harish Bijoor, Brand Domain Consultant Suresh, Marketing Director of Ganjam (along with Dushyanth Ganjam) J. Suresh, CEO, Arvind Lifestyle Shailesh Chaturvedi, CEO & Executive Director of AMBPL - Tommy Hilfiger Apparel India Sana Rezwan, Managing Director of 23 Carat Bijou Kurien: President & CEO, Lifestyle, Reliance Retail Limited Piyush Kr. Sinha, Professor and Retail Chairperson, IIM Ahmedabad