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What Caused The Saks Global Collapse? It Was The Customers, Stupid

What really caused Saks Global to collapse? In this deep-dive episode, we go beyond the lazy explanation of debt, bankruptcy pressure and digital disruption to examine the strategic misunderstanding at the center of the story: leadership failed to understand the luxury customer. Based on Lilian Raji’s Forbes analysis, this discussion unpacks why luxury cannot be managed like off-price retail, marketplace commerce or a real estate optimization exercise. Saks Global’s leadership pursued cost savings, digital scale and structural efficiencies, but in doing so, they appear to have broken the emotional and operational choreography that luxury customers expect. You’ll hear a layered analysis of what luxury buyers are actually purchasing beyond merchandise: trust, curation, seamless service, discretion, emotional ease and the confidence that someone with authority and taste is shaping the experience. The episode also explores why clienteling, store talent, post-purchase trust and cross-channel continuity matter far more in luxury than many executives want to admit. Listeners will come away with a clearer understanding of: • why premium pricing and luxury strategy are not the same thing • how customer psychology can override financial logic • why digital data often fails to capture the true moment trust is lost • how the separation of physical and digital experiences can damage brand value • what the Saks Global story teaches leaders in retail, hospitality, fashion, tech and any trust-based business This is not just a story about one luxury retailer. It is a broader lesson in strategic blindness, category confusion and what happens when executives try to scale a business they do not fully understand. Read more of Lilian Raji’s work on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lilianraji/