The first contemporary luxury brand from China sold to Italian entrepreneur Alessandro Bastagli

Richemont-owned luxury brand Shanghai Tang sold to Italian entrepreneur Alessandro Bastagli. Richemont, the Swiss luxury goods group, announces that it has completed the sale of luxury brand Shanghai Tang to a consortium of investors led by Italian entrepreneur Alessandro Bastagli. For its financial year ended 31 March 2017, Richemont reported sales of € 10 647 … Read more

The Cartier Panthère watch re-launched with online exclusive pop-up-shop on Net-a-Porter

For the first time ever, Cartier launched exclusive pop-up-shop on Net-a-Porter luxury e-commerce platform. This is the first time Cartier has ever partnered with an online retailer. In a total premiere, French Jewelry Maison Cartier turns to Net-A-Porter for its latest watch launch. Cartier signed an online deal with the luxury e-commerce platform to sell … Read more

2017 Milan Design Week: Italian Creation Group – a new force in Italian luxury design

ItalianCreationGroup, which has been acquiring luxury design brands for the past three years, is considered a new force in Italian luxury design. The high-end furniture group has quickly assembled a stable of luxury brands including Driade, FontanaArte, Valcucine and Toscoquattro, a luxury bathroom designer. At a string of events being held in conjunction with 2017 … Read more

The global personal luxury goods market is highly fragmented. Report

Top Vendors in the Global Personal Luxury Goods Market from 2017 to 2021: Report. The global personal luxury goods market is highly fragmented, with the presence of both global vendors and local players, says the recent global personal luxury goods market report by Technavio. This market research report also lists 14 other prominent vendors that … Read more

Year of the Rooster: Watches for the 2017 Chinese New Year

Top luxury watches designed to celebrate The Year of the Rooster. 2017 Is a Fire Rooster Year. Ulysse Nardin, Jaquet Droz, Chopard, Piaget and Vacheron Constantin salute the Year of The Rooster – the 10th sign in the Chinese zodiac, with new luxury watches dedicated to this male gallinaceous bird. Years of the Rooster include … Read more

SIHH 2017 will have the luxury watches trade show’s first-ever public day

SIHH 2017 in figures: 40 000 of exhibition space; 17 historic watchmaking Maisons; 13 independent artisan-creators; 1 200 accredited journalists. Each year, SALON INTERNATIONAL DE LA HAUTE HORLOGERIE (SIHH) transforms Geneva, Calvin’s city, into a hotbed of innovation while reconnecting it with centuries of history. Since 1991, SIHH has been the one event not to … Read more