The RCLG club offers opportunities to affiliate brands with the world’s top business school & to engage with global leaders in retail innovation.
As a truly diverse academic program, partnering with INSEAD & RCLG allows organizations to strengthen their professional reputations within the retail, consumer and luxury business communities and exchange innovative ideas with like-minded global players.
AFFILIATE
Your name with the brand of INSEAD – the Business School for the World.
STRENGTHEN
Your professional reputation within the Retail, Consumer & Luxury business communities.
SHARE
Your innovative ideas and receive feedback from pioneers & like-minded global players.
REACH
A potential global audience of 55,000+ Alumni, Students, and Leaders in FT500 Companies.
INSEAD LUXURY SUMMIT
The INSEAD LUXURY SUMMIT is a unique event that gathers industry leaders, academics, and students for a discussion on the
major disruptions and innovations expected to shape the luxury industry.
Industry-leading experts from brands, platforms, and consultancies.
Attendance of 300-400 students, professionals, and industry experts from 50+ nationalities.
Imagined, designed, and driven by INSEAD’s top MBA students from luxury & consumer goods.
INSEAD LUXURY SUMMIT 2025
INSEAD LUXURY SUMMIT 2025 – AGENDA & SPEAKERS
We have launched ticket sales for our annual INSEAD Luxury Summit, organized by RCLG.
We are pleased to launch ticket sales and unveil the official agenda for our annual INSEAD Luxury Summit, organized by RCLG.
INSEAD Luxury Summit 2025
May 14th 9:00 AM, Kimpton St Honoré Paris
This year’s summit, themed “The Luxe Horizon: Redefining Client Experience,” will explore how hyper-personalization, sustainability, immersive experiences, and digital innovation are shaping the future of the luxury industry.
On May 14th in Paris, we will gather over 120 MBA students, alumni, and luxury leaders for a full-day program exploring how personalization, sustainability, immersive experiences, digital innovation and cultural capital are shaping the future of luxury.
The INSEAD Luxury Summit has established itself as a leading platform, with past editions featuring distinguished speakers such as Renaud de Lesquen (CEO, Givenchy), Pascal Conte-Jodra (CEO, Mugler), Irina Koulikova (VP Strategy & Corporate Initiatives EMEA, Estée Lauder Companies), and Pierre Denis (former CEO, Jimmy Choo).
Agenda Overview
- Registration & Welcome Breakfast
- Opening Remarks
- Hyper-Personalization at Scale
- How AI, data, and bespoke services redefine tailored luxury in the digital age
- Keynote Conversation: Digital
- A dialogue on leading luxury’s evolution in the platform economy
- Coffee Break
- Sustainability as a Luxury Standard
- How eco-consciousness is reshaping brand strategy and long-term value
- Lunch & Networking
- Immersive Luxury: Beyond Ownership
- Why experience, emotion, and memory are becoming the new status symbols
- The Digital Realm: New Territory for Timeless Craftsmanship
- How virtual assets and metaverse innovation preserve and expand luxury’s legacy
- Coffee Break
- Creating Cultural Capital: Local Heritage, Global Impact
- How maisons build global influence through heritage, authenticity, and storytelling
- Keynote Speech: GenAI for Luxury by INSEAD Professor David Dubois
- Closing Remarks
- Champagne Networking Reception
We are also proud to unveil some of the maisons and innovators joining this year’s edition, including Boucheron, courrèges, MAGDA BUTRYM, Moët & Chandon, IndLux by JOJA, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), VOGUE Business and Launchmetrics — with more to be announced soon.
Join top executives, brand leaders, and INSEAD MBA talent for a day of curated panels, conversation, and champagne networking — all set in the heart of the global capital of luxury.
Whether you’re redefining strategy, seeking inspiration, or connecting with peers shaping the next chapter of luxury — this is where the conversation begins.
Limited spots available—RSVP with ticket purchase
PARIS FASHION WEEK NETWORKING COCKTAIL
Paris Fashion Week Networking Cocktail – A Celebration of Luxury, Business & Connection
The INSEAD MBA Retail, Consumer & Luxury Goods Club and the HEC Paris MBA Luxury Club co-hosted an exclusive networking soirée during Paris Fashion Week.
Bringing together industry leaders, alumni, and MBAs from both schools, the evening was filled with meaningful conversations on fashion, luxury, and leadership, celebrating the intersection of business and creativity in one of the world’s most dynamic industries.
This was the first joint event between INSEAD and HEC Paris luxury-focused MBA clubs, and we are proud to have created a space for thoughtful exchange among current and future leaders of the industry.
CAREER TREKS
The Retail, Consumer & Luxury Goods Club seeks to connect students with opportunities in the retail, luxury, beauty, consumer goods and spirits industries through company visits. The leadership team actively works with INSEAD’s career service and alumni network to organize career treks to target companies who are interested in hiring INSEAD students.
Talks & Seminars
- Career Workshops
The Retail, Consumer & Luxury Goods Club seeks to improve understanding for students with little prior knowledge of the RCLG industries but with an interest to move into these sectors. The leadership team and career service center works together to meet with interested students to work on their CVs, improve interviewing skills, identify functional targets and focus search.
- Peer-to-Peer Panels
The Retail, Consumer & Luxury Goods Club invites current students from both promotions who have thorough experience in the retail, beauty, consumer and luxury goods industries to share their stories, opinions and advice with club members.
- Talks & Discussions
The club also works in collaboration with the school, as well as our corporate partners and alumni association to bring interesting talks and discussion from the industry’s experts on the latest development in the consumer retails and luxury world.
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