Shiseido Honorary Chairman receives WWD Beauty Inc 2012 Visionary of the Year Award

Shiseido Honorary Chairman Yoshiharu Fukuhara Receives one of the most prestigious award in the cosmetic industry Women’s Wear Daily (WWD) Beauty Inc, the leading influencer in the beauty industry, has awarded Shiseido Honorary Chairman Yoshiharu Fukuhara the “2012 Visionary of the Year Award” in recognition of his strategic development of the global business and rich … Read more

LG to launch sales of OLED TV

On 3rd January, LG begins rollout of eagerly anticipated revolutionary OLED TV. Only 4 millimeters (0.16 inches) thin and weighing less than 10 kilograms (22 pounds), LG’s OLED TVs will be sold first in South Korea with deliveries scheduled to begin next month. The retail stores in South Korea will begin accepting orders from consumers for … Read more

Meant to last: travelling and writing by Goyard

  The year 2012 proved eventful for French Luxury trunk maker Goyard, the oldest Parisian trunk maker still in business, especially in terms of new boutique openings. Within a few months, three new retail spaces opened in three of the world’s fastest-growing metropolises: Shanghai, Sao Paolo and Taipei. Sao Paulo remains the only Goyard boutique … Read more

Alfred Dunhill signs exclusive license agreement with Inter Parfums

Inter Parfums Signs an Exclusive License Agreement for Alfred Dunhill Fragrances   Alfred Dunhill looks to develop its global fragrance business by signing a ten-year exclusive worldwide fragrance license with Inter Parfums. The agreement commences on April 3, 2013 and replaces a previous license agreement with Procter & Gamble that terminates on April 3, 2013. … Read more

Golden Lighting and Hubbardton Forge win 2012 Pinnacle Awards

The American Society of Furniture Designers (ASFD) board of directors created the Pinnacle Design Achievement Awards in April 1995 to encourage superior design quality and promote the recognition of furniture designers within the retail home furnishings industry. This year’s Pinnacle Award winners were announced at the High Point Market and two premier lighting companies were … Read more

World’s most expensive living artist designs Chateau Mouton Rothschild label

Jeff Koons designs 2010 Mouton Rothschild label   Modernist American artist Jeff Koons has been commissioned to design a wine label for Chateau Mouton Rothschild’s 2010 vintage, one of Bordeaux’s premier cru red wines. The artist known for his reproductions of banal objects—such as Balloon animals produced in stainless steel, continues the annual tradition to … Read more