Luxury Foundations

Who should attend?

• Undergraduate and graduate students curious about the world of luxury and its career opportunities.
• Young professionals seeking to redirect their career towards the luxury sector.
• Entrepreneurs wishing to understand luxury codes, markets, and business models.

Emmanuelle Rigaud-Lacresse

• Phd, is professor in marketing and the Director of the Global Luxury and Management at SKEMA, France. She has taught at various universities and had previously worked for international luxury companies (as SANOFI, Yves Saint Laurent, LVMH Group) – for over 15 years. Her research focuses on brand strategy and luxury brand management.
• Author of many publications, she is co-editor of the book: New Luxury Management: Creating and Managing Sustainable Value Across the Organization, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. and “Management du Luxe, Opportunités et Challenges”, Vuibert, 2020. “Création olfactive et identité de marque”, Cosmetic Valley, 2022. Riot, Elen, Emmanuelle Rigaud, and Ilenia Bua. “L’instant Taittinger: a champagne family house in its chronotope.” International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research (2023).

SKEMA Business School’s Grand Paris Campus is spread across 14,000 m2 , including 1,500 m2 of rooftop terrace with views of the Seine and the Eiffel Tower. It reflects the three mainstays of the school’s DNA: innovation (through our research centres and AI activities), globalisation (with around 120 nationalities on campus) and digitalisation (hyperconnected to the world).

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