The nouvelle vague of the luxury goods market will demand evolution amid disruption. Report

“The nouvelle vague – the new wave – of the luxury goods market will demand evolution amid disruption, adaptation amid uncertainty, and an expansion of creativity in all of the basics – all while new trends and concepts develop”, said Claudia D’Arpizio, a Bain & Company partner and leader of Bain’s Global Luxury Goods and … Read more

UK universities fear huge budget holes as Chinese students stay home

Overseas students, who represent a third of all tuition fee income, cancel plans amid coronavirus outbreak

Not the end of The World: the return of Dubai’s ultimate folly

Underwater bedrooms, ‘Lohan Island’ and snow all year round – a decade after it was scuppered by the financial crash, the fantasy archipelago of 300 artificial ‘countries’ is back in business. Has anybody learned anything?

Swiss franc – what the economists say

What the experts are saying about the Swiss National Bank’s decision to abandon the currency cap

Jacuzzi, art deco theatre and leotards up for grabs in Spanish auction

About 1 million buyers sign up to bid online in Spanish inland revenue’s annual auction of assorted confiscated goods

Record results for Ferrari in first half of 2012, but sales fell significantly in Italy

Ferrari in first half of 2012: record in revenues and in the numbers of cars delivered Ferrari’s Luca di Montezemolo announced record results for Ferrari in the first six months of 2012. Ferrari registered a record in revenues and in the numbers of cars delivered. Revenues reached 1,208 million euro (+11.9 per cent), while a … Read more