Word: lobmeyr
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...attractive investment was that it doesn't rely on up-to-the-minute trends to the degree that a brand like Dolce & Gabbana does. "You would not expect a collection to come out and lose 50% of your sales because you didn't hit the right button," says Stephan Lobmeyr, a managing director at Change Capital. "I'm not saying it's not innovative. You need innovation or you don't have a place in high fashion, but it's more stable...
...there needs to be a balance between the showroom and the boardroom. Designers may know how to make a gorgeous frock, but "sometimes they do more for the image than the profitability of the company," says Lobmeyr. "If the two parties respect each other?when the financial people do not try to influence the creative process and the creative people understand there are basics that must be followed in order to run a company profitably?it's actually a winning formula...
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