The world’s leading luxury products group saw its revenue decline by 17%. What is the recipe for good resilience

  LVMH enters 2021 with cautious confidence and sets an objective of reinforcing its global leadership position in luxury goods. LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s leading luxury products group, recorded revenue of 44.7 billion euros in 2020, down 17%. In a very turbulent context not only for the luxury industry, LVMH group showed … Read more

honest luxury: Gabriela Hearst, Retro-Fit, and Chloé

  Gabriela Hearst is the new Creative Director of Chloé, a major move for the New York-based CFDA member known for her namesake luxury brand of ultra-luxurious clothes and a pioneering business ethos centered on sustainability. According to Gabriela Hearst, quoted by cfda/ The Council of Fashion Designers of America, her aim was to create … Read more

‘Toxic dispute’ over Zaha Hadid’s £100m estate finally settled

Court case at end of four-year feud hears contested allegations of financial mismanagement and ‘clandestine relationships’ between practice principal and junior staff

Why should girls learn coding?

  It’s long been known that there are far more men and boys who love coding, and the lack of women and girls in computer science is a well-documented problem. Let’s face it, technology is all around us and the demand for engineers and developers will only continue to grow. Whether its in the classroom, … Read more

Alibaba and Richemont invest in Farfetch China

      “The growth potential of luxury e-commerce has never been so promising, and the importance of China for the luxury industry is only becoming more obvious every day.” – François-Henri Pinault, Chairman, Artemis (the controlling shareholder of global Luxury group Kering (Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Brioni, Boucheron, Pomellato, Dodo, … Read more

Green Carpet Fashion Awards 2020 innovate with the first digital green carpet in the world

    One of the most powerful storytelling moments of an event, the red carpet, has been completely reinvented for Green Carpet Fashion Awards 2020 with the launch of the first digital green carpet in the world. The fourth edition of the Green Carpet Fashion Awards 2020 this year was held in digital format, transforming … Read more