Category: Watches|Jewelry
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Luxury Timekeeping: Is the Watch Industry Embracing Tech or Rooted in Tradition? (2025)
The luxury watch industry in 2025 presents a fascinating paradox: a sector deeply revered for its heritage and artisanal craftsmanship is, simultaneously, engaging with cutting-edge technology and artificial intelligence. The latest launches and industry trends reveal not a wholesale abandonment of tradition, but rather a strategic and often subtle integration of tech and AI, aimed…
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Global Luxury Industry: Weekly Overview and Major Events
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in Automotive, Aviation, Beauty, Business, Design, DRIVE, Fashion, Hi Tech, LUST, Real Estate, SHELTER, Sport & Health, Watches|Jewelry, YachtsThe luxury industry this past week has continued to grapple with the economic and consumer shifts that have defined the year, but with some notable brand-specific highlights and developments. The overarching theme remains a market slowdown, particularly in key Western markets, but with some brands and regions showing resilience. Key Financial and Market Insights Mixed…
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VivaTech 2025: Where Algorithms Meet Artisanal – Implications for the Luxury Industry
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in Art, Beauty, Business, Cigars & Spirits, Design, Fashion, Gifts, Gourmet, Hi Tech, Holiday, LUST, Real Estate, SHELTER, Sport & Health, Watches|JewelryThe 9th edition of VivaTech, Europe’s largest startup and technology gathering held in Paris in June 2025, served as a potent crucible for innovation, offering both glimpses into the future and tangible solutions for the present. For the luxury industry, the event underscored a profound shift: technology is no longer an auxiliary tool but an…
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Rocks, Reuse & Radical Rethinks: What the Kering Generation Award Finalists Signal About the Future of Jewelry
In a sector where sparkle has long overshadowed sustainability, Kering’s Generation Award x Jewelry is doing something audacious: it’s asking us to fall in love with imperfection, reclamation, and resonance. Think less flawless diamonds, more satellite scraps, fractured opals, and musical leather — each telling a story not just of beauty, but of meaning. The…
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The Luxury Landscape Is Becoming More Introspective, More Adaptive, And—When At Its Best – More Meaningful
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in Automotive, Beauty, Business, Design, DRIVE, Fashion, Gourmet, Holiday, LUST, Real Estate, SHELTER, Sport & Health, Watches|Jewelry, YachtsThe luxury sector finds itself in a dynamic state of reinvention. Marked by audacious collaborations, a resurgence of heritage-driven storytelling, cautious responses to economic headwinds, and increasingly discerning global consumers, the industry is at a crossroads. The latest wave of developments—from fashion and hospitality to mobility and tech—paints a vivid picture of both resilience and…
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Hublot Meets Haute Cat-ure And The world’s Most Famously Spoiled Feline
It was only a matter of time. The world’s most famously spoiled feline, Choupette Lagerfeld, has officially scratched her way into yet another corner of the luxury universe—this time not a velvet chaise or a couture runway, but a watch ad. Yes, Choupette is now the improbable face of Hublot’s 20th Anniversary Big Bang campaign,…