Appointment of Marc Gläser as new Managing Director of Maurice Lacroix Martin Bachmann, the long-standing CEO of the Maurice Lacroix Group, to leave the company at the end February 2012 In summer 2011, DKSH Group, the leading Market Expansion Services Group with a focus on Asia, acquired a majority shareholding by in the Maurice Lacroix … Read more
Invest in the submarine equivalent of luxury yachts Dutch firm targets super-rich Arabs with $1m submarines Buyers with extra cash to splash can even invest in the submarine equivalent of luxury yachts. Crafts can come with multiple rooms, luxury fittings and can remain submerged for days. Dutch company U-Boat Worx is targeting wealthiest clients with … Read more
Asprey premieres e-commerce jewellery site, a platfom that includes silver items, while the majority of jewellery products are diamond-set. The site will focus, according to Asprey “on offering both a beautiful and functional online experience” with insight into events, the brand’s heritage and its craftsmanship techniques. “This is an exciting move for Asprey into the … Read more
Nokia to sell luxury division VERTU Vertu, the luxury mobile phone division of the Finnish manufacturer Nokia, will be sold to allow the parent company to compete with Apple and other manufacturers of smartphones. The supervision of the Vertu sale was entrusted to Goldman Sachs, but the transaction is still in an early stage. Given … Read more
An Android smartphone specially tailored to the lifestyle of the fashion brand’s customers Samsung devices and Hugo Boss finishing have led to a new project between Samsung and a fashion house. Following Giorgio Armani’s Galaxy S, Hugo Boss returns to the old partnership of the Samsung F480 times and offers to the customers a new … Read more
Designed for those customers deeply embedded in African and Middle Eastern cultures, the 2011 luxury Shisha waterpipe by Porsche Design reflects the iconic style credo of the Porsche Design luxury brand: purist design combined with high-end materials. A vision of simplicity, The Porsche Design Shisha is made in Germany and stands at a height of … Read more