Welcome to Walpole

Walpole furthers the interests of the British luxury industry.

Walpole is a non-profit-making organisation that furthers the interests of the British luxury by harnessing and sharing the collective knowledge, experience and resources of the membership.

Formed in 1990 by top tier British companies, including British Airways, Chewton Glen. Coutts & Co, DAKS Simpson, the Financial Times, The Savoy Group and William Grant & Sons, the membership provides a community for the exchange of best practice ideas to drive business development in both UK and export markets.

Walpole Awards the Best of British and International Luxury for 2008

It is with great pleasure that we can now announce the winners of the Walpole Awards for Excellence 2008 as follows;  

 

Walpole Luxury eBusiness Forum 2008 - Upside in a Cold Climate

Oct 8, 2008

The Walpole Luxury E-Business Forum held on Wednesday 8th October, brought together the best marketers, practitioners and investors from both the Luxury and Online worlds.  Speakers including Peter Fitzgerald of Google;  Christina Spivy Overby of Forrester Research; Ian Jindal ; Danny Rimer of Index Ventures ; Nick Roberts of Mulberry and Erik Watctmeister, Founder and Chairman Asmallword, discussed the overall luxury consumer analytics for the online sphere, key tips for luxury brands, online trends and challenges.

The Luxury Channel Features Walpole

The luxury channel, CNBC has featured and exclusive documentary on the 2007 Walpole brands of Tomorrow. The programme discusses the different elements of developing an emerging luxury brand, featuring case studies on Bremont, Nyetimber and Miller Harris. 

Watch the programme by clicking on the Link below. 

http://www.theluxurychannel.tv/brands/brands.html 

Walpole Members meet with eBay

The Walpole IP & Brand Protection Working Group once again met with Ebay to discuss issues surrounding counterfeit goods and brand protection. A small group of Walpole members, at Chief Executive and IP levels met with Francine Lyle, Senior Counsel IP/Litigation eBay (UK) and Pamela Brady from the eBay Rights Owner Partnerships Team, eBay International AG. The Economist kindly hosted the lunch, the second of its kind this year.  

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