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Luxury

How rapid change is reshaping the tradition-soaked luxury sector in Europe and beyond.

How 1 Hotels Attracts Luxury’s Elusive Sustainably Motivated Consumers

The Brooklyn Bridge hotel is utilising new technologies and new marketing tactics to reach and engage luxury consumers whose spending habits are environmentally motivated.


Richemont Says French Protests Weighed on Sales Momentum in Europe

Sales grew in all regions, with the exception of the Middle East and Europe.


Investors Are Holding Their Breath On Christmas Results

The outlook for the luxury industry is looking bleak, with growth slowing down in key markets.


Chanel Sets Sights on Luxury Watchmaking

The luxury house is strengthening its position in the sector with recent investments in timepiece parts makers including small Swiss firm Kenissi.


The Year Ahead: All Eyes on India’s Ascent

India is increasingly a focal point for the fashion industry, reflecting a rapidly growing middle-class and increasingly powerful manufacturing sector.


Seizing the India Opportunity

The chief executive of the fashion division of Reliance Industries, India’s largest private sector conglomerate with consolidated turnover of $63 billion, talks about seizing opportunities in the fastest-growing major economy in the world.


FTSE 100 Falls as Apple Warning Adds to Growth Worries

Investors reacted by dumping stocks sensitive to China — such as luxury brands — and the economy.


10 Trends That Will Define the Fashion Agenda in 2019

For fashion players, 2019 will be a year of awakening as paradigm shifts force a rewriting of many old industry rules.


Report: Trussardi Acquired by Quattro R

Trussardi’s founding family has sold the fashion house to investment fund Quattro R, according to a report published by Italian news site Pambianco.


Is That Vintage Chanel a Fake? Depends Who You Ask

Luxury resale sites like The RealReal and Vestiaire Collective create an unprecedented opportunity for counterfeiters. Are they doing enough to weed out fakes?


Watches of Switzerland Plans a US Invasion

The UK’s biggest retailer of luxury Swiss watches is pushing into America with its glossy showroom model intent on luring investors as much as millennials, as hedge fund owner Apollo prepares for an exit.


Burberry Turnaround? Analysts Aren’t Buying It

Shares of the British trench coat-maker have fallen 4.6 percent this year, a similar level to when chief executive Gobbetti took charge mid-2017.