Research Guides: Luxury and Retail MBA: Articles, News and Reports

Reports and Publications

Credit Suisse Wealth Report
The Global wealth report analyzes the household wealth of 5.1 billion people across the globe.
Deloitte Global Powers of Luxury Goods
Annual survey of the global luxury market.
Luxury Institute White Papers
A business solutions partner for luxury and premium goods and services brands.
Luxury Network Magazine
Gateway to the latest news in the world of luxury.
The Robb Report website
News on products and services in the global luxury market.
The State of Fashion
McKinsey & Company's State of Fashion is the largest and most authoritative overview of the industry, surveying more than 275 global fashion executives.

Key Publications Resources

Bloomsbury Fashion Central
Access includes the Berg Fashion Library, Fairchild Books Library, the Fashion Photography Archive, Bloomsbury Fashion Video Archive and Bloomsbury Fashion Business Cases. Content is peer reviewed by industry and academic experts and includes interconnected major reference works, exclusive articles, scholarly eBooks, case studies, biographies, lesson plans, bibliographic guides, textbooks, video content, runway and backstage photos from fashion shows, and images from museums around the world.
Business of Fashion
Business of Fashion (BoF) Professional provides access to news and newsletters, analysis and briefings, case studies, special reports, online learning resources, and more. BoF covers the global fashion industry, with detailed reporting on retail, luxury, tech, sustainability, marketing, beauty, events, and careers.
Users must create an account with their @nyu.edu email address. Check your spam folder if you do not see your account activation email. Add Business of Fashion as a contact to ensure you receive authentication emails and newsletters.
Fashion Studies Online: The Videofashion Library
Fashion Studies Online: The Videofashion Library contains videos of worldwide fashion shows, designer profiles, documentary segments, and more.
Flipster
Flipster is a platform for browsing the current issues of popular press magazines in the "as printed" color editions. Titles include The Atlantic, Essence, Forbes, the New Yorker, Bloomberg Businessweek, Esquire, Cinema Scope, The Advocate, and more.
Download the free Flipster app on your mobile device by searching for "Flipster" on either the Google Play store (for Android devices) or the iTunes app store (for iPhone and iPad devices). Then connect to the NYU Libraries subscription:

1. Open the Flipster app on your device.
2. Tap Get Started.
3. Search for "New York University"
4. Tap the Log In button
5. Sign in with your NYU Net ID and password
PressReader
Contains access to Robb Reports (global); Vogue (global), Harpers Bazaar (global) and many other global fashion and luxury publications.

Sourcing Journal
Sourcing Journal is a key trade publication for apparel and textile businesses focused on sourcing and manufacturing.

Vogue Archive
The Vogue Archive contains the entire run of Vogue magazine (US edition), from 1892 to the current month. Every page, advertisement, cover and fold-out has been indexed so that images can be found by garment type, designer and brand names.

Women's Wear Daily (current)
Women's Wear Daily traces day-to-day news, opinion, and socio-economic trends from runway reports to beauty product reviews. (Select Ebsco Business Source Complete for current issues)

Women's Wear Daily Archive
Women’s Wear Daily Archive is the only digitized source of the entire run of Women’s Wear Daily (also known as WWD) covering 1910 to the present year. (There is a 6 month delay due to the publisher's restriction). Women’s Wear Daily Archive traces day-to-day news, opinion, and socio-economic trends, from runway reports to beauty product reviews.

Article Resources

Search across multiple magazines, newspapers and journals using the resources listed below.

EBSCO Business Source Complete
Provides full text for more than 7,400 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for nearly 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. Coverage includes virtually all subject areas related to business. This database provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922.

Factiva
Factiva is a resource for U.S. and international newspapers (html full text only, no images or print layout versions), news transcripts, trade journals, newsletters, industry snapshots, and market data charts for recent stock prices. Coverage dates vary from title to title, but primarily span the late 20th century to present.
Requires NetID login from on or off campus.

JSTOR
Full text articles from more than 600 core academic journals
New York Times via Proquest
1980-present

Nexis Uni
Nexis Uni (Formerly LexisNexis Academic Universe) provides access to full-text newspapers (U.S. and some international), news wires, transcripts, and trade journals.
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Proquest Central
Full text articles from hundreds of local, regional and international publications.
Wall Street Journal via Proquest