Chinese liquor brand Moutai was recently included in a list of the top 10 “Gifts for the Chinese Luxury Consumer“, a list compiled by the Shanghai-based research group Hurun, as part of its annual “Best of the Best” awards. Moutai held the fifth position behind the likes of Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Hermes and Chanel. The … Read more
World’s Top 100 Most Valuable Luxury Brands World Luxury Association’s official report on 2012 shows that China has become the world’s largest consumer of luxury goods. The report predicts: With the phenomenon of RMB appreciation and depreciation of the Euro and the number of Chinese traveling to Europe in 2012, total consumption of luxury goods … Read more
Chinese baijiu brand Moutai is now World’s Fourth Most Valuable Luxury Brand worth US$12 billion after Louis Vuitton, Hermes and BMW, but ahead of Mercedes-Benz and Chanel. (Hurun Best of the Best Awards, Beijing, 11 January 2012) The Hurun Research Institute today released the Top Ten Gifts for the Chinese Luxury Consumer 2012, a ranking … Read more
Princess Yachs is set for another landmark London Boat Show in January. The Plymouth boat builder that epitomises the best of British manufacture, will launch both the smallest vessel it has produced for over a decade and the largest the luxury brand has ever built. The highly anticipated Princess V39 receives her world premier and … Read more
Ermanno Scervino inaugurates its first boutique in Bucharest, Romania. The 89 square meters monobrand boutique is set in the gallery of the historic JW Marriot Hotel building and become the 37th location of the Italian brand, that was launched in 2000. “I am proud to be able to present my collection in this dynamic and … Read more
Jean-Claude Biver, chief executive officer of Hublot, the Swiss watch brand owned by LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, announched that the luxury brand will launch a scratch-resistant gold alloy for use in the watches. The 18-carat alloy of gold and a ceramic, dubbed Magic Gold, is more than twice as hard as standard gold and … Read more