E-commerce historically has been of little interest to luxury retailers, who believed discerning customers would never spend small fortunes on items without feeling the quality and fit of the material in person, or receiving superior customer service in bricks-and-mortar stores.

How wrong they were. Recent years have seen major luxury groups investing millions in digital platforms and players to fast-track their e-commerce capabilities.

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