Rolls-Royce Americas CEO to headline Luxury Outlook Summit 2026 New York Jan. 14-15. Join us!

December 2, 2025

The Luxury Outlook Summit 2026 in New York on Jan. 14-15 will offer a most comprehensive overview of what to expect in the year ahead for luxury professionals, marketers and retailers

By Luxury Roundtable Intelligence

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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Americas CEO Jon Colbeth will headline Luxury Roundtable’s Luxury Outlook Summit 2026, a two-day comprehensive look Jan. 14-15 at what to expect in the year ahead for the luxury business as it recovers its footing after a couple of years of slowdown.

Mr. Colbeth will share the British automaker’s strategy for 2026, alongside more than three dozen speakers from luxury brands, retailers, agencies, management consultancies, market researchers and tech companies. The theme on Jan. 14 will be “Reviving Consumer Desire and Top-Line Business Growth,” following by an AI-focused agenda on Jan. 15 themed “Supercharging Brand and People Potential with Innovation in AI.”

“Global luxury is now at a crossroads,” said Mickey ALAM KHAN, CEO of Luxury Roundtable and Luxboro. “Consumers at the high-end seek extremely unique experiences, trustworthy relationships and privacy as their wealth soars, while aspirational shoppers under cost-of-living pressures crave authenticity and tribal sense of belonging to the brand’s universe.

“The question is, how will luxury satisfy differing needs of two distant groups without diluting their value proposition,” he said. “It doesn’t help that geopolitical conditions and tariffs eat away into margins of independent labels while the luxury conglomerates tighten their hold on raw materials, talent, retail leases and marketing opportunities.”

The Rolls-Royce Spectre Bailey is named after a special commission for a pet parent as a nod to their dog. Image credit: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars

The third annual global edition of the Luxury Outlook Summit will also emphasize the vital role of embracing AI into work processes and marketing.

The AI in Luxury Summit, day 2 of the Luxury Outlook Summit, is the world’s first daylong event dedicated purely to AI’s deployment in luxury – underlining how critical this technology, along with automation and robotics, are to luxury’s future.

“The use of AI is not necessarily contradictory to the high-touch nature of luxury, but rather its high-tech complement,” Mr. ALAM KHAN said. “With trillions of dollars backing AI, it’s not a question of if, but when, consumers turn to AI for answers to work and play problems and solutions.

“Luxury marketers, as their predecessors did in decades past, set the tone for embracing innovation while not diluting their reason for being as purveyors of high-quality goods and services,” he said.

Gaining a proper understanding of AI's deployment in luxury will be key for luxury marketers in 2026. Image credit: Shutterstock

Topics relevant to current environment
Supported by UBS, the world’s leading wealth manager, the Luxury Outlook Summit sets the tone for the year ahead in luxury. This year’s edition will feature speakers from not only Rolls-Royce, but also McKinsey, Kearney, Ritz-Carlton, Phillips, Forbes, UBS, Genpact, DLG (Digital Luxury Group), Brown Harris Stevens and Luxury Institute, among other agenda-setters in luxury.

Topics on day 1 include the latest groundbreaking research on the state of global luxury, how to revive desire and demand across generations, markets and product lines, Rolls-Royce’s focus in the year ahead, what affluent and wealthy consumers seek from luxury brands and retailers and China’s shift in values as the market matures.

Also under discussion will be how the collector mindset is evolving in watches and fine arts, the state of luxury advertising and marketing, macro trends with the U.S. consumer and which luxury sectors are likely to shine in 2026 and why.

On day 2, delegates will hear a top McKinsey partner discuss the state of AI in luxury and what’s new and next, while other stalwarts in the business highlight the AI use case, as well as offer a platform overview.

Other sessions will shed light on AI in marketing, how to build elevated and personalized experiences using the technology, how companies are using AI, agentic AI, reputation management and the legal ramifications of deploying AI.

THIS EVENT is a must for luxury professionals across all sectors as they navigate their careers and businesses through 2026 – a year where wealth is expected to soar to new heights if the AI and stock market boom holds up.

“Luxury must return to its roots of high quality, indelible experiences, exquisite craftsmanship and unmistakable creativity,” Mr. ALAM KHAN said. “Our speakers at the Luxury Outlook Summit 2026 in New York will help offer a roadmap to reviving consumer desire, restoring demand and creating long-lasting loyalty across generations and geographies.”

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