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It reviews definitions of luxury, the strategic role of flagship stores, and theories connecting history, heritage, architecture, and the built environment to brand identity and corporate distinctiveness. Using interviews, photographs, and case studies, it argues that iconic redevelopment and heritage meaning differentiate firms and sustain consumer repertoires of memories as brand values evolve.","Heritage and innovation in luxury brands’ flagship stores\nAnthony Kent\nLondon College of Fashion\nUniversity of the Arts London\nJohn Princes Street\nLondon W1G 0BJ\n\u0013 HYPERLINK \"mailto:a.kent@fashion.arts.ac.uk\" \u0014a.kent@fashion.arts.ac.uk\u0015\ntel: 020 7514 8551\nAbstract\nThe aim of this paper is to explore the contribution of heritage and innovation in the design of flagship stores, and their implications for luxury brands.\nThe Literature Review begins with an assessment of the concept of luxury and the role of flagship stores. It subsequently examines theories of history and heritage in branding. architecture and the built environment in the context of brand identity. Buildings generally have been understood to symbolise good taste, power, and status and can embody heritage. Corporate identity has provided an additional focus for many commercial architectural projects in which innovative designs have been an important point of distinction for luxury brands. The use of buildings as a selling and branding device has led to the appearance of the expressive, or iconic landmark .\nThe paper draws on two continuing strands of research undertaken on retail flagship stores and on re-use of buildings using interviews, photographs and case studies. It argues their contribution to brand value both in terms of heritage and innovation.\nThe findings demonstrate that luxury brands can develop and extend their identity through such innovative, iconic buildings and also from a heritage perspective, differentiate themselves by the meaning, reputation and patterns of usage developed in the past. While meaning and brand values change over time, through the use of distinctive buildings, firms can invoke consumers’ repertoires of memories.\nKey words: Brand, Flagship stores, Iconicity, Identity, Marketing, Retail.\nIntroduction\nIt has become increasingly difficult to agree on a definition of luxury, as it has become more relative, subjective, dynamic and open to multiple conceptualisations (Kapferer and Bastien, 2009). At an extreme it has been critically de-categorised, to represent the ultimate limit of design, manufacture, distribution and communication (Sicard 2006). Luxury goods have both tangible characteristics in their quality, design, lifetime value and performance, and also intangible ones, as status symbols conveying personality, prestige and superiority (van Dijk, 2009).\nFrom an ownership perspective, exclusivity and limited availability of the product continue to define luxury brands; for Armani, luxury’s enduring quality is its uniqueness, for Pinault, the challenge lies in creating surprise not answering a need (Jackson 2007). From a marketing perspective, luxury goods are distinguished by “consistent and intensive branding and marketing strategies”(van Dyck 2009, p.14). Both positions demonstrate a concern with authenticity (Tungate, 2009), although here too, an objective definition of “authenticity as the original or the attribute of the original is too simple to capture its complexity” (Wang 1999, p. 354).\nPart of the complexity lies in the democratisation of luxury fashion, which has permeated every aspect of consumer society (Silverstein and Fiske 2003; Okonkwo, 2007). Aspirations  towards attaining luxury fashion brands have been heightened by the availability of luxury-style goods at lower prices, and advances in globalization, technologies and communications which have made fashion more accessible. Both personal indulgence and conspicuous consumption have become essential characteristics (Thomas 2007).  Widespread availability of luxury has led to consumer fatigue for highly visible, branded luxury products and stimulated demand for personalisation. Experiences fit this new demand for subtler, tailored forms of luxury, which are difficult to recreate and their location, the retail store becomes significant.\nLiterature Review\nDistribution has been shown to play a key role in luxury management (van Dijk 2009; Kapferer and Bastien 2009).","cbCaiqK1EqPaKFv6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqK1EqPaKFv6","docx",44391,12,"English","en",105,"# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# Literature Review\n## Heritage branding","[{\"question\":\"How do heritage and innovation contribute to brand value?\",\"answer\":\"The paper argues that innovative, iconic buildings extend luxury brands’ identity, while heritage meaning and past usage patterns differentiate firms. 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