The truth is never as obvious as what it might appear to be: a revelation for luxury brand through the lens of Gabrielle Chanel

This study is not a biography of Gabrielle Chanel, whose life story everyone has probably read about in different places. Rather, it is an account of how an intuitive brand manager brilliantly wielded the resources at her disposal in line with the social, cultural, ideological,and philosophical norms at that particular time, whether intentionally or not, … Read more

How could we measure luxury

Our ability to review our past equals our inability to predict our future, though, can our ability to reach certain achievements in the past define what can we achieve in the future? In order to know which the most advanced countries are, we need to take a look at the Economic Complexity Index created by the MIT that … Read more

All aboard San Francisco’s hipster bus for leather seats, Wi-Fi and iced coffee

New private bus service Leap boasts spacious seating, a general air of calm cleanliness and a steward serving coffee, cold-pressed juices and granola bars. With tickets costing almost three times as much as the regular bus, is it a welcome new addition to the marketplace or a step towards two-tier transit?

Britain’s craft boom produces new model artisan army

From furniture to ceramics, small-scale businesses – all 12,000 of them – are satisfying consumer demand for ethical, handmade goods

Top London museums focus on our obsession with the shoe

Three major summer exhibitions will highlight how footwear can define and transform us

Who is this year’s World’s Best Female Chef Award

Hélène Darroze crowned Best Female Chef of the Year 2015. Nearly 200 years ago Madame Clicquot set the standard for women in business. Hélène Darroze, a famous chef from the Landes region in southwestern France, is the recipient of the Veuve Clicquot World’s Best Female Chef 2015, an award that was inspired by the life … Read more