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#316
jellyv said:
Sure. These all pertain to Hermes:

What are the main goals of Hermes' current long-range plan?
What proportion of overall profits are sales in China expected to contribute in the next ten years?
How has the North American market demographic changed over the last ten years?

And please indicate the sources for your answer.
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Here it goes:

1. You basically answered this with #2. I would say Hermes entire strategy right now revolves around China. Hermes is looking to make a very, very big push into watches and Jewelry. Specifically, in the Chinese market. India has been a disappointment for Hermes and many other brands. India is 7 years away. Hermes is acquiring many third party suppliers and doing JVs with others. I'm sure they will own their watch movement developer outright soon enough, right now they're a majority partner. Hermes wants to bring many existing stores under direct ownership, they are waiting for their licensing/operation agreement with JamilCo to expire. JamilCo is Eastern Europe/middle asia; Baku and Almaty are now important cities in that region for them. Hermes is looking to bring rising labor costs under control; they have moved part of their scarf hemming shop from France to Mauritius, and plan to move all or most of it. They are looking to do partial fabrication in other countries and do the finishing in france, like LVMH has already moved their uppers manufacturing (cutting+sewing) for shoes to India, but do the finishing in Italy. Many more stand alone stores are to come.
2. 40% minimum from Hermes brand, as much as 60% considering that they launched a brand new concept in China which was the first time Hermes (and I am pretty sure any of the luxury conglomerates) has ever done that. Part of the reason for that was to get around China's massive import duties, and tap into ultra-low cost Chinese labor without negative perception. China already has more new business growth than the USA, and will be the #1 luxury market by 2015, so it is the single most important market for Hermes and her competitors.

3. I understand exactly what you mean, but could you help me help you by being more specific? I can tell you Mexico City is the fastest growing city by sales in the past 10 years for Hermes and other brands. Growth has relied on the traditional hubs in the US for Hermes, i.e. NYC, Bay Area, and Socal. The Hermes consumer has steadily become younger in all markets. There has been a rise in professional women in the past 10 years, along with graduation rates for them (more women are going to college now than men), and naturally this demographic is a larger piece of the Hermes sales pie, but still one of the smallest.

As far as source...I'm not a reporter, I don't interview people...would you ask Neil Armstrong what his source was for his description of the lunar surface? That's the best way I can answer that for you.
 
#317
This is epic. Icarus is the Neil Armstrong of his field. Sweet. We have hit the jackpot with this forum cross-pollination. :D

Thank you potiron and BBL, for without your respective actions, none of this might have occurred.

I, for one, am thoroughly enjoying this healthy and fascinating discussion.
 
#318
cakeymakeybakey said:
This is epic. Icarus is the Neil Armstrong of his field. Sweet. We have hit the jackpot with this forum cross-pollination. :D

Thank you potiron and BBL, for without your respective actions, none of this might have occurred.

I, for one, am thoroughly enjoying this healthy and fascinating discussion.
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What field is that ;)

and I'm pulling for Yuri Gagarin status or nothing...one day...

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Just so others don't think you mean it literally (literal interpretations in this thread have already happened too much) I will add a better analogy: Would you ask an eskimo what is sources for where the best places to icefish are?
So yes, I am the eskimo of my field. Cold, lonely, but with a fur trimmed overcoat.
 
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#321
Jadeite said:
before viagra, there was the Duracell bunny. Goes On and On and On.....:amuse:

you don't get any sleep?

oh wait, wrong timezone. :D
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I've been on east coast time the past few days...so you are correct...I have not been sleeping, but that is a small price for my ultimate goal (no, not inter-forum domination).

My only response to the "I would point them out if I had the time" comment from another poster would have been rude, so I did not bother. I can, however, safely assume I work more hours on any given week than she or most people do; hello, workaholics anonymous. I rather post here in my down time than the alternative :smile1:
 
#322
I like your idea. I think that it's a better place than, say, the fashion spot. TFS is a lot more avant guard and is younger in general. I think that the Hermes forum actually has a really good mix of women who have very good taste, including on men ;)
*******f said:
Hi, I've had a quick look around this site, trying to identify the various forums available. I've also had a look at the "Wardrobe" area and specifically the "What are you wearing" forum.

I've noticed that very few women (read: none that I saw) seem to dress in a manner much more than what I would describe as "casual".

As Volkov enquired, is there some area on this site where women have photos where they are dressed in more "business-like" attire?

As a straight man who's been interest in fashion, then style in my appearance for many years, I've ofter thought about what women think when the observe a man wearing a suit or sportscoat/trouser combination, especially with the changing nature of fashion. The women around me would generally accept what I was wearing and offer very little by way of criticism (for no other reason than I gave them little chance to comment).

I wanted to make a thread asking some of the members here about their thoughts on men's style (only out of curiosity, as I really enjoy the way I dress, as do many other men who dress similarly). However, I:

1) Don't know whether it's something that would interest memebers here;
2) Have no idea of where to post it

I do not post pictures on the other forum as I don't really need to have to level of fine criticism provided there and I'm not looking for absolute perfection in what I wear. Plus I'm such a crap photographer (I mean, BAD).

However, as my daughter dresses similarly to many of the "Wardrobe" posters, I'm simply curious to get some opinions of women on men's "classic" style (not necessarily fashion).

What do you think?

Clint
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#325
cakeymakeybakey said:
hermfoo.jpg


My darling miyake, that is none other than the highly-esteemed mafoofan, the gent who wanted a dark green pebble-grained calfskin breast wallet that he attempted to custom order from Hermès Madison and who started a thread of epic proportions on his own Style Forum. It is he and his quest who is the source of all the fresh blood that has been infused into our little world. :p

(Didn't you read the first post of this thread???) :p
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:lawl:Thanks CMB. I have selective memory. It skips chronicles or litanies of sorts.
 
#326
IcarusDppelgngr said:
I've been on east coast time the past few days...so you are correct...I have not been sleeping, but that is a small price for my ultimate goal (no, not inter-forum domination).

My only response to the "I would point them out if I had the time" comment from another poster would have been rude, so I did not bother. I can, however, safely assume I work more hours on any given week than she or most people do; hello, workaholics anonymous. I rather post here in my down time than the alternative :smile1:
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Self-promotion is time-consuming.
 
#327
Well, I'm currently in negotiations with Spoo on the SF about an inter-forum style challenge thread. They run a thing called WAYWRN over there (What Are You Wearing Right Now, and no, it isn't a crank caller question :p), where they post pictures in a similar fashion to our "Hermès in Action" thread, and solicit constructive criticism and subjective voting from members of who wears that week's theme the best. We'd like to have our tPF members vote on the looks as well and possibly participate, and need to decide how best to achieve that goal.

Brooklynite, you are absolutely correct, the Hermès subforum is *the* place for this kind of style thread with critique that Clint is looking for, as we have an excellent mix of folks with really good taste, and it is, after all, where this whole cross-forum interaction began.

So does anyone have any thoughts? Mods and admins, how should we approach this in a manner that conforms with our tPF rules and wishes?Should we run our own Hermès WAYWRN style challenge with poll, and then invite comment from our new members from SF? And then as a courtesy do we go there and vote on their version of WAYWRN? I won't be able to post a direct link, so you'll have to be clever and find it by searching.

I think this would be really fun, informative, and interesting.

So let's put our thinking caps on, peeps! :thinkin:
 
#330
Lyanna Stark said:
Let's get to the all important question. Are you all straight men who love fashion? If you are, it is very unfortunate for me and most here, as we are mostly married people. Where was the internet 15 years ago when I wanted to meet male fashionistas?
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:roflmfao::roflmfao::roflmfao:

also, as this is the internet and i can fantasize all i want - i believe the lovely new men members are good looking, well educated, if slightly bombastic and/or effete and very funny - maybe not in that order. although i myself prefer men, i don't mind whether you do too just please don't disabuse me of my notions....

and i really have nothing else to add, just wanted to be part of this fabulous thread like Zachgranstrom.

-Future foo fan
 
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