Currency fluctuations and globe-trotters boost the personal luxury goods market, but real growth slows, says study

The worldwide luxury industry surpassed €1 trillion in retail sales value in 2015 and delivered healthy growth of 5% year over year (at constant exchange rates), driven primarily by luxury cars (8%), luxury hospitality (7%) and fine arts (6%), according to the 14th edition of the Bain Luxury Study, published by Bain & Company for … Read more

Fashion, music and technology unite to celebrate the 12th Edition of Firenze4Ever

9, 10 and 11 January 2016, Firenze4Ever (Firenze, Italy) officially opened the fashion weeks. The 12th edition was dedicated to TechDreamers, visionaries who give form to dreams. The bi-annual media event started in June 2010 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of online activity for worldwide luxury e-retailer LUISAVIAROMA. Firenze4Ever 2016 brought together journalists, bloggers, vloggers, … Read more

The most unmissable culture of 2016

Tarantino goes bounty-hunting, Botticelli takes you to hell, Bowie goes dark, and Jericho fills that Downton-shaped hole … in our bumper guide to the best 150 arts events to look forward to this year

Sharing instead of owning: carsharing with classic cars. How to drive the Legends you’ve always dreamed of.

Daimler Business Innovation is developing a carsharing concept for Young- and Oldtimer called Legends Classic Car Club by Mercedes-Benz. The club  will bring together a community of enthusiasts who enjoy driving classic cars.  Mercedes is thinking of those people, who live in urban areas and do not have the space to keep a classic car … Read more

1 Undershaft, the tallest skyscraper in the City of London, revealed

Architect Eric Parry unveils plans for tallest skyscraper in the City – but the orgy of billion-pound towers doesn’t stop there