2012 Brandz Top 100: most valuable global luxury brands

Feeling entitled, consumers spent on luxury goods Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands Report. Luxury category   Conducted by influential market research firm Millward Brown, Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands Report is monitoring the value of the great brands around the globe for a full seven years. This year almost half of the Top … Read more

Speaking about luxury with Adele Shaw – owner Adele Shaw/Society store in Paris

Many times I walked rue Jacob, passing by her shop and wondering if it could be her. Until the day I stopped by, entered and started to laugh as she was so surprised to meet me after 25 years. She did not changed at all and the way she laughed remind me all the laughing … Read more

The Art of Simple Luxury: Rocco Forte Hotel Amigo Brussels

Enjoy The Art of Simple Luxury In Amigo we trust. An impeccable standard of excellence   During 2LUXURY2‘s trip to the Capital of Europe, we had the privilege to stay in the heart of Brussels at the famous Rocco Forte Hotel Amigo – the best luxury hotel in Belgium, the embodiment of timeless style and … Read more

2LUXURY2 launch in Brussels

ARE YOU PART OF THIS NEW WORLD? After 2LUXURY2.com‘s successful launch in Paris at 1,618 Sustainable Luxury Fair last April, it is the turn of Brussels to welcome this new energy on 24th May at WE ARE DIFFERENT Art Gallery – an universe of contemporary art with a collection of unique objects and selected pieces … Read more

Antilia, world’s most expensive house

The 27-story house of Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Indian energy company Reliance Industries, one of the global players in the energy industry, can be considered India and world’s most expensive house. 70ft tall building named Antilia, after a mythical island, covers a total of 400,000 sq ft. and cost $1bn. Nita Ambani, the wife of … Read more

Pet’s wellbeing can trump that of others. Pet spending is recession-proof: survey

Three-in-four (75 percent) pet owners say that the state of the economy doesn’t affect how much money they spend on their pets, according to a new survey. Twelve percent report they spend $101 or more per month on their pets, while more than one in five (21 percent) said they spend $51-$100 per month on … Read more