It was not until after the Second World War that the luxury business took off and became an industry in its own right, and at the same time a luxury niche gradually began appearing in all the specialist trades. There are four powerful drivers of the luxury business: democratization, increase in spending power, globalization and communications - when they are all working at full throttle they help propel luxury to previously unknown levels (Kapferer & Bastien, 2009). Today, adding luxury to brands is a strong way to differentiate ...