Luxury Retail Partners

What Luxury Retail Partners does

Luxury Retail Partners (LRP) is a privately held, Key Biscayne (USA)-based boutique advisory firm founded in 2018 by Diego Stecchi, providing strategic advisory and operational management services to luxury brands, developers, and luxury hospitality operators expanding into North America and Latin America. The firm's service portfolio encompasses three streams: strategic advisory for go-to-market strategy and market expansion planning, retail management covering store openings, e-commerce operations, and pop-up-to-permanent retail conversions, and shopping mall development advisory that curates luxury tenant mix and integrates entertainment concepts. Pricing is quote-based with no public disclosure, and engagements are delivered via senior partner-led enterprise relationships rather than intermediaries.

LRP's core asset is its partner bench, all of whom are former senior executives of major luxury houses — Diego Stecchi (Ferragamo, Dolce & Gabbana), Hugo Marcos Lepre (Bulgari, LVMH Starboard Cruise Services), Luigi Votano (Ferragamo, Gucci, Saks Fifth Avenue), and Pablo Borelli (Louis Vuitton LATAM, Apple, Ralph Lauren, YSL). This talent base underpins the firm's primary distribution channel: direct enterprise relationships, supplemented by the Gamma3 Council (an industry association founded by Stecchi in 2006 with 40+ C-suite member brands) and alliances with Leisure & Retail Partners and Fashionnet Anton Dell that extend the firm into digital transformation, omnichannel strategy, and fashion distribution.

The firm maintains no disclosed software products, proprietary technology, or AI/ML capabilities. Its technology stack is described as 'not disclosed' and its competitive differentiation is grounded entirely in human expertise, network access, and multi-territory execution experience, rather than in scalable technology. Customer logos span Ferragamo, Dolce & Gabbana, Bulgari, Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Tiffany, Bally, Malo, Bruno Magli, LVMH/Starboard Cruise Services, Cipriani, WHEAT, and Whitman Family Development, with active engagements including the retail component of the Cipriani Punta del Este resort in Uruguay (opening late 2025) and ongoing WHEAT hospitality retail expansion across the Caribbean and North America.

Name

Luxury Retail Partners

Legal name

Luxury Retail Partners

Website

https://luxuryretailpartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Luxury Retail Partners is a Key Biscayne-based private advisory firm founded in 2018 that provides strategic consulting, retail management, and shopping mall development advisory to global luxury brands, developers, and luxury hospitality operators expanding into North America and Latin America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Luxury Retail Consulting & Advisory

akta.pro primary industry

Luxury Retail & Clienteling (Boutiques/Omnichannel) (CRAKAFAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Flagship Luxury Department Stores (CRAGADAA)

Keywords

• Luxury retail advisory
• Retail expansion consulting
• Brand market entry
• Shopping mall advisory
• Luxury store management

Headquarters

HQ city

Key Biscayne

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Strategic Advisory Services: Consulting fees for go-to-market strategies, market expansion planning, and retail development advisory for luxury brands entering new territories.
2. Retail Management Services: Hands-on store and e-commerce operations management, including pop-up expansions and permanent retail footprint establishment in target markets.
3. Shopping Mall Development Advisory: Strategic advisory and industry expertise to developers and shopping mall owners for selecting and onboarding luxury retailers and entertainment concepts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Luxury Retail Partners is a boutique consulting and advisory firm that helps luxury brands enter or expand in North America and Latin America. It provides strategic advisory on go-to-market strategy, hands-on retail and e-commerce operations management, digital transformation and omnichannel advisory, and shopping mall development advisory including tenant curation and entertainment concept integration for developers and mall owners. Engagements are delivered directly by senior partners to C-suite clients on a custom, quote-based basis.

Product overview

Luxury Retail Partners is a consulting and advisory firm, not a software product company. It does not offer a unified product platform or modular software suite. Rather, it provides professional services spanning strategic advisory for luxury brand expansion into North America and Latin America, retail management for high-end stores and e-commerce operations, digital transformation and e-commerce enablement services, and shopping mall development advisory. All offerings are service-based consulting engagements rather than packaged software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategic Advisory Services
• Retail Management Services
• Shopping Mall Development Advisory

Quantifiable outcome

• Expanded Ferragamo to 26 boutiques with 5 retail branches and 80+ wholesale doors across Latin America
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Gamma3 CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2006Industry association that stages the Forum on Luxury in the Americas, bringing together C-suite leaders from luxury brands, retailers, and developers to analyze high-end retail strategies. Over 40 member brands including Cartier, Tiffany, Dolce & Gabbana, and Zegna. Founded by LRP Founder Diego Stecchi in 2006.
• Leisure & Retail Partners (LRP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdvises retailers and developers on integrated strategies including digital transformation and omnichannel. Specializes in entertainment formats with in-Mall exhibitions covering art, science, history, gaming, and VR concepts to foster foot traffic.
• Fashionnet Anton Dell (FNAD)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration of fashion distribution experts with over 25 years of experience. Pioneered best practice approaches to help brands grow in new markets through competitive distribution models.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• McKinsey & Company: Global strategy consultancy with a consumer/luxury practice advising luxury brands on global expansion, retail strategy, and operating-model design. Overlaps with LRP on multi-territory brand expansion mandates, particularly in emerging markets like LATAM.
• KPMG (Consumer & Retail): Big Four advisory firm with a global Consumer & Retail practice providing strategy, operations, and transformation consulting. Competes with LRP on multi-territory retail expansion and operating-model mandates for luxury brands.
• Bain & Company: Global management consulting firm with a dedicated luxury goods practice serving LVMH, Kering and other major maisons on strategy, operations, and digital transformation. Competes with LRP for high-end luxury brand consulting mandates but at materially broader scale and with deeper global benches.
• Colliers International: Global real estate services and investment firm with a retail practice serving developers and luxury brands on site selection and tenant strategy. Comparable to LRP's real estate advisory for shopping mall and mixed-use luxury developments.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global commercial real estate services firm with a retail practice advising developers, mall owners, and luxury retailers on leasing, tenant mix, and expansion strategy. Overlaps with LRP's shopping mall developer advisory offering for luxury destinations.
• Deloitte (Consumer & Luxury practice): Big Four advisory firm with a global Consumer & Luxury practice providing strategy, operations, digital, and tax consulting to luxury brands and retailers. Overlaps with LRP on multi-territory expansion, retail operations, and digital transformation engagements.
• JLL (Retail): Global real estate services firm with a dedicated retail practice advising developers and luxury brands on site selection, tenant mix, and retail real estate strategy. Directly comparable to LRP's developer advisory and brand-expansion real estate work in the Americas.
• Alvarez & Marsal (Consumer & Retail): Global professional services firm with a Consumer & Retail practice providing performance improvement, turnaround, and operational consulting. Comparable to LRP on retail operations and hands-on store and e-commerce management mandates.
• Boston Consulting Group: Global strategy consulting firm with a luxury and fashion practice serving brands on growth strategy, digital transformation, and supply chain. Directly comparable to LRP on retail expansion, omnichannel, and digital transformation mandates for luxury houses.
• FTI Consulting (Retail & Consumer Products): Global advisory firm with a Retail & Consumer Products practice providing strategy, operations improvement, and transformation consulting to brands and retailers. Overlaps with LRP on luxury retail operations and market-entry engagements.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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