LVMH Snaps Up Crocodile Goods Firm French luxury giant LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton plans to buy a controlling stake of crocodile-skin-goods business Heng Long through an initial S$160.8 million ($123.8 million) offer for the company. Heng Long is one of the five top-tier tanneries of crocodilian leather in the world, with an entrenched position … Read more
Women are bolstering the high-end watch business Hublot Chief Executive Officer: “You have three good reasons to work on this population” Ladies watches is a market worth $3.9 billion last year and set to grow 30 percent between 2010 and 2015, excluding inflation, according to researcher Euromonitor. “Women are buying more than men, women are … Read more
Hermes says buying power of luxury clients unchanged French luxury goods maker Hermes sees no sign yet of affluent buyers tightening their purse strings in spite of a somber global economic outlook, the head of the brand said at Paris Fashion Week. The luxury goods industry continues to grow at a solid pace thanks to … Read more
Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Hublot, Vera Wang are just some of the luxury brands of the recent tour of luxury stores launched worldwide and spread with amazing rapidity. Luxury brands have enjoyed optimistic sale reports in the first part of this year, hoping to sustainable return. Pop-up stores opening during summer have become a tradition for … Read more
Every season, the big brands fight to grab the most suitable faces and ambassadors for their future ad campaigns. Supermodels, actresses, singers, celebrities or adorable new-comer are smiling softly from the ad images. Their angelic faces will follow us discreetly for over several month of 2011. We’re going to look for the “G” from the … Read more
The Wrist Dispatch: Watches & Wonders 2026-LVMH-Richemont-The Independents-The Reckoning There is a peculiar ritual that plays out in April in Geneva at Watches & Wonders 2026. Men in navy blazers and women in silk scarves gather under the vaulted glass of Palexpo to collectively agree that mechanical watchmaking is, once again, having its greatest moment. … Read more