Inside the Digital Revolution with LVMH's Ian Rogers | Inside Fashion

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The Business of Fashion

Fashion & Beauty, Business, Arts

4.6 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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LVMH's chief digital officer discusses the birth of the digital music business, LVMH's digital strategy and France's potential as a hotbed for entrepreneurial tech talent.

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0:00.0	I was a music-loving skateboard kid from a small town in Indiana, and so to me the internet was about this access to culture.
0:10.0	What's the opportunity in all of this for a company like LVMH, which hasn't really been known for having a strong digital disposition? Software is craftsmanship.
0:23.6	I love that.
0:24.6	It's true. Code is like craftsmanship.
0:25.6	It definitely is.
0:26.6	It really is craft.
0:27.6	It is Metier.
0:28.6	The industry has to decide which one are you?
0:31.6	Are you building software as craft or are you building software because you have to?
0:35.6	And you have to build it with the same care that you build a leather bag or a champagne.
0:42.3	Hi, this is Imran Ahmed founder and CEO of the Business of Fashion and welcome to the Bof podcast.
0:48.7	On this week's episode of Inside Fashion, I sit down with Ian Rogers, Chief Digital Officer of the world's largest luxury
0:55.8	goods company, LVMH, based here in Paris. And this week in Paris, it's all about technology.
1:02.1	It's the Viva Technology Summit, one of the world's largest gathering of technology professionals
1:07.0	in the world, attracting the likes of Google, Facebook, and yes, LVMH. I sat down with Ian to
1:14.0	talk a little bit about his personal journey, how he ended up in computer science and technology
1:18.9	in the first place, and through his story career, which took him to Silicon Valley working
1:23.7	for companies like Yahoo, beats by Dr. Dre, and eventually Apple before he moved here to
1:29.3	Paris. Paris is not only the home of luxury. It's increasingly trying to position itself as a
1:35.0	technology hub, which is why my conversation with Ian is so interesting because he is operating
1:40.2	right in the heart of the world's largest luxury goods company, but also trying to modernize it
1:45.3	with technology and digital innovation. So without further ado, here's Ian Rogers inside fashion.
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