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High living, low sales: Shard apartments still empty, five years on
Luxury flats with a price tag of up to £50m were touted as an easy sell – yet have failed to shift as the London market slows
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San Francisco Design Week 2017: The art of tea meets the art of culinary in the World’s Most Expensive Bubble Tea
IT’S BUBBLE TEA REIMAGINED. The art of tea meets the art of culinary, as TEALEAVES and The St. Regis San Francisco reimagine bubble tea, elevating the popular beverage to the world of fine dining. Appropriately named the “Boba Teashake”, the World’s Most Expensive Bubble Tea project seeks to “make the ordinary, extraordinary.” On June 22,…
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Vertu x TCL Communication announce investments into the luxury smartphone business
Vertu, the world’s leading manufacturer of luxury mobile phones, was purchased by entrepreneur Hakan Uzan in mid-March of 2017. The first big investment is coming with a major agreement with TCL Communication. This agreement, worth $40 million, will enable Vertu to use advanced and innovative technology from TCL Communication for 30,000 handcrafted Vertu high-end phones,…
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10 most promising startups that focus on luxury
Luxury is synonymous with beauty, excellence and prestige, a requirement that complicates the entry of young start-ups determined to break the glass ceiling. “Luxury is a special sector,” says Thomas Mesmin, one of the founding members of French Luxe, a network inspired by French Tech that was born in early July of last year. The…
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International buyers of residential real estate in the U.S. more influential at the top end of the market. Survey
International buyers of residential real estate in the U.S. don’t have a significant impact on the overall housing market. They are more influential at the top end of the market, according to the 2017 Q2 Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey. The quarterly survey, conducted by Pulsenomics LLC, asked more than 100 housing experts and economists…
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Digital Luxury @ VivaTech 2017: Meet the 32 startups competing for the LVMH Innovation Award
After its tremendous success in 2016, Viva Technology is back, in Paris from June 15th to June 17th, 2017. Viva Technology is one of a kind, an exhibition of the most innovative products and services, with unique opportunities for startups, especially through networking opportunities with large corporations and investors. According to Francis Morel CEO of…