Richemont
Swiss conglomerate Richemont is the owner of luxury maisons in jewellery, watches, fashion and accessories, including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Jaeger-LeCoultre and more.
Vuarnet’s Shades Cover Bond’s Baby Blues as Brand Eyes Revival
French eyewear company Vuarnet didn’t pay for the product placement, yet its appearance in the latest James Bond film “Spectre” comes at an opportune time, just as it reissues the vintage Glacier shades worn by Craig at a price of $600 a pair.
Richemont CEOs Are Top-Paid Europe Executives After VW Boss
Richemont co-chief executive officers Richard Lepeu and Bernard Fornas are catching up with Volkswagen AG’s Martin Winterkorn as the top-paid executives in Europe, according to a study by HKP.
Net-a-Porter’s Massenet Says She Will Stay Following Yoox Merger
Natalie Massenet signaled that she plans to stay at the online fashion and luxury-goods retailer after it merges with Italy’s Yoox SpA.
Yoox Net-a-Porter Stake Up for Grabs as Milan Fashion Set Meets
Richemont chairman Johann Rupert’s best hope of finding a buyer for part of his company’s stake in Yoox Net-a-Porter may lie in the Italian city that, for the next few days, is the centre of men’s fashion: Milan.
Swiss Watch Exports Drop Most Since 2009 Amid Apple Watch Debut
Swiss timepiece exports had their biggest monthly drop in more than five years as the strong franc and the introduction of the Apple Watch weighed on deliveries.
Bally Turnaround Thwarted by Currency "Nightmare"
Frederic de Narp spent 18 months trying to turn around Swiss shoemaker Bally International AG and now finds himself in a currency-induced nightmare.
Can Stationery Brands Smythson, Montblanc and Moleskine Write a New Fashion Chapter?
Luxury stationery brands, eager to position themselves as more than pen and notepad manufacturers, have expanded into fashion accessories. Are they brand-building or driving real business?
The Fur Debate
BoF editor-in-chief Imran Amed recaps the week in the business of fashion.
Bits & Bytes | Mobile Video, Richemont & LVMH, Silicon Valley
Bits & Bytes is a weekly roundup of the most important news in the fast evolving fashion-tech space.
Cartier Owner Sees Wealth Gap Fueling Social Unrest
Johann Rupert, the founder and chairman of Richemont, said tension between the rich and poor is set to escalate as robots and artificial intelligence fuel mass unemployment.