In just five years, Shoes of Prey customers have personalised over 10 million pairs of shoes, from ballet flats to gladiator heels, and annual revenue is nearing $10 million AUD. But what makes designing your own pair of snakeskin peep-toe wedges so appealing to Australian women?

A new project at Selfridges is the latest experiment in the power of silence. A quiet oasis in the midst of a hectic shopping environment in central London, it testifies to a growing interest in the benefits of quiet introspection.

Luxury and digital are no longer anathema. Highly secretive and steeped in tradition, Chanel rewards visitors to its new microsite with unprecedented self-disclosure, proving that ‘heritage’ needn’t mean ‘out of touch’.

Over 90% of luxury purchases still take place in-store, yet HNWI often spend over 48 hours a week online. Can Crest & Co., which brings ‘the best of the best’ in luxury goods online, get super-rich customers and exclusive brands alike to re-evaluate how luxury goods are sold?

Luxury brands have enjoyed a meteoric rise amongst the expanding Chinese middle class, but with anti-corruption laws dampening the spirits of conspicuous consumers, shopping habits are shifting dramatically.

As emerging economies transform the consumer base for high-end goods, luxury is moving out of range of all but the very richest. The fashion industry is rushing to fill the gap, as the notion of aspiration is remodelled to appeal to a diverse range of consumers – and budgets.

As luxury brands adapt to online, maintaining exclusivity is difficult. On UK online outlet Not Just a Label, people trade big names for one-off garments, buying into a subtler form of luxury. But how does it convince people to spend so much on labels they've never heard of?

Across Europe, Lidl has become known for its outstanding value, rather than simply for its low prices. Eager to sell surplus stock, the company has been opening outlet stores - but anonymously, so as not to devaluate the current positioning of its brand.