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2012 will be the year in which Yoox gathers the fruit
Yoox CEO Federico Marchetti Expects Profitability to Increase in 2012 Italian internet mail order luxury retailer Yoox expects profitability to Increase in 2012. Yoox climbed 8.6 percent, the most in more than eight months, in Milan trading on Feb. 9 after reporting a 36 percent increase in 2011 revenue that exceeded analysts’ estimates. North America…
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New flagships stores for Belstaff in London and New York
Harry Slatkin, CEO, is pleased to announce the Autumn 2012 opening of Belstaff’s flagship stores on New Bond Street, London and Madison Avenue, New York City. This is the company’s first retail endeavor since Labelux Group acquired the brand in June 2011, an inauguration that brings the company back to its British roots and marks…
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Tiffany & Co Jeweler to Open in the Czech Republic’s Capital in Summer 2012
Tiffany & Co. to Open a Store in Prague Tiffany & Co. today announced plans to open in 2012 a store in Prague, marking the luxury retailer’s first location in Eastern Europe. Located at 10 Pařížská Street, the store is scheduled to open in the summer of 2012. This is a significant strategic move for…
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People with visions are the future in the watch industry – The Watches of Geneva Time Exhibition 2011
If you don’t take care of the young watchmakers, then who will? – Geneva Time Exhibition 2011 watches 60 exhibitors at 2011 Independent Watchmakers’ Fair in Geneva, 6 jury members, 1 winner – Frederic Jouvenot’s Helios watch In every January, Geneva invites us on a unique journey to the heart of the Art of Watchmaking. …
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Cabinets of Curiosity: A Lit-Up Bar and a €30,000 Trumeau
Two luxury Italian houses, two cabinets, one trick. In both, the pleasure comes at the moment of opening the door. Poltrona Frau is the Italian leather-and-furniture house founded in Turin in 1912 by Renzo Frau, famous for its full-grain Pelle Frau leather. Its Fidelio drinks cabinet, designed by the Pisa-born architect and designer Roberto Lazzeroni,…
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Mountain Air, City Pavement: Brunello Cucinelli’s Winter Edit and the Quiet Business Behind It
Brunello Cucinelli, the Umbrian luxury house founded in 1978 in the hilltop village of Solomeo, built its name on coloured cashmere and a gentle philosophy it calls humanistic capitalism. It sells luxury menswear, womenswear and accessories without loud logos, a stance its founder describes as “absolute luxury without a logo.” This October it released its…