Global retail growth driven by luxury brands

Around the world, the retail market rebounded in the first half of the year, with international and luxury brands expanding to new markets and high street properties growing in popularity, according to a new report from Colliers International. The 2013 Global Retail Highlights Report indicates increasing sales around the world, growing rents in highly coveted … Read more

Pivetta Opera Only – The Luxury Space Amplifier

Style, shape, design and performance to the state of the art.   The particularity that mark this technological jewel created by Andrea Pivetta is his shape that changes becoming a work of art from all points of view. The Italian technology designer always wanted to walk the original and unconventional path in the field of … Read more

London’s Artesian voted the World’s Number 1 Bar for second year in a row

This year the multi award winning Artesian bar in London has successfully defended its crown to be voted the World’s Number 1 Bar and take the NikkaBest Bar in the UK award for the second time. Returning for the fifth year, The World’s 50 Best Bars is the most influential and respected global survey of its … Read more

Ritz-Carlton to open a sustainable luxury sanctuary on Pearl Island

Private Island Resort Experience Blending Seclusion, Sophistication and Unspoiled Natural Beauty. Reachable by boat, helicopter or plane through a private airstrip, Pearl Island at 45 miles south of Panama City is a virtually untouched paradise featuring an extensive private natural reserve with over half of the island undisturbed.  Here the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company chose to expand … Read more

BRIC countries to account for more than 35% of projected luxury global sales over the next five years

Euromonitor International’s latest research on the global luxury goods market indicates another solid year’s performance for 2013. Driven mainly by strength in emerging economies, overall retail growth is set to be stronger than in 2012, with luxury goods sales to exceed US$318 billion worldwide. This will represent a year-on-year real value gain of over 3% … Read more

Born to ride Indian Larry’s Wild Child Motorcycle

Indian Larry‘s Wild Child Motorcycle – $750,000 Handbuilt in Brooklyn, New York, for the Discovery Channel “Biker Build-Off” series, “Wild Child” is considered by many to be the pinnacle of Indian Larry’s artistic achievements. It features his signature dished tank, root beer metal flake paint, twisted down tube frame, and a truly unique engine with … Read more