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the intimidating experience of the Louis Vuitton accessoriesBazaar comfortable and personal, just as Burberry has spaces to date tomorrow - a three-floor townhouse, within Selfridges, created by Japanese-based designer Gwenaël Nicolas. esenting the landlord. Burberry has been on its corner at Connecticut and Rhode Island Avenue and M Street NW for nearly 30 years; it was the first tenant to occupy the space when the building opened in 1984. At CityCenter, the British apparel company would join luggage retailer Tumi and luxury handbag and accessories store Kate Spade. The only confirmed restaurant tenant so far is Daniel Boulud's DBGB Kitchen; Boulud said earlier this year he would open the restaurant there. While Selfridges is no stranger to pioneering spaces, we can assure you that its latest project with Vuitton is a sight to behold

- we especially love the structure that spirals round a revolving glass lift and up through three interconnecting floors (think fashion's answer toCharlie in 2006, Burberry shareholders have enjoyed a Louis Vuitton azur baghandsome 340 percent total return. The FTSE 100 only managed 46 percent. Louis Vuitton’s parent LVMH has returned 109 percent. The third reason is Burberry’s unusual response. It has elevated its star designer, Mr. Bailey, to chief executive. Alongside Ms. Ahrendts, Mr. Bailey, the former Gucci women’s wear boss, has been central to Burberry’s renaissance. Yet creative types rarely make successful bosses of big public companies. He will also be paired with

an inexperienced chief financial officer, Carol Fairweather, whose predecessor, Stacey Cartwright, left in February. A  Louis Vuitton message convas bagveteran chairman and a recentl and the Great Glass Elevator). The ground floor is home to the label's extensive leather goods collection, and also to a Digital Atelier - an interact learned to make the experience of going to a high-end luxury shop — where products were historically kept behind glass — comfortable and personal. It just shows that Big Data, at its core, really isn’t a brand new trend, as much as an age-old, tested approach that merchants have unknowingly been using since the Ottoman Empire.