The world’s leading luxury products group saw its revenue decline by 17%. What is the recipe for good resilience

  LVMH enters 2021 with cautious confidence and sets an objective of reinforcing its global leadership position in luxury goods. LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s leading luxury products group, recorded revenue of 44.7 billion euros in 2020, down 17%. In a very turbulent context not only for the luxury industry, LVMH group showed … Read more

From Martha Washington to Melania Trump: 250 years of first lady portraiture

Portraits of presidents’ wives have evolved with the role, and although it remains highly gendered, a new exhibition aims to celebrate their contribution and to ‘rectify the absences of women in US history’

Fendi’s magic touch: the woman behind the world’s most famous handbag

Artisans from every corner of Italy are putting their spin on Fendi’s iconic Baguette bag. Its designer, Silvia Venturini Fendi, explains why

World of Pure Beauty pop-up:The best total age-defying serum launched on the Chinese Hawaii

  The Chinese market is fast expanding, and skincare has accounted for 80% of travel retail sales in this market since the beginning of the year. Parfums Christian Dior World of Pure Beauty pop-up reinvents travel retail in Hainan, China. To surmount the unprecedented crisis that hit travel retail with the Covid-19 pandemic, Parfums Christian … Read more

How Nespresso’s coffee revolution got ground down

Nestlé’s sleek, chic capsule system changed the way we drink coffee. But in an age when everyone’s a coffee snob and waste is wickedness, can it survive?