20 luxury industry news stories from Fall 2024: When the Rich Tighten Their Belts, It’s Designer Leather. The luxury goods sector faced a challenging Fall 2024, marked by a 2% decline in global sales—one of the weakest performances on record—driven by price increases and economic uncertainties that reduced the customer base. Despite this downturn, certain … Read more
Hermès Is Defying the Luxury Slump with Classic Resilience — and Just a Glitch in Watches. While much of the luxury world seems to be catching a chill, Hermès stands as the exception, radiating steady growth as it resists the industry slowdown. Its latest financial results reveal a brand that isn’t just immune to the … Read more
In the first six months of the financial year, Richemont luxury Group, the parent company for Buccellati, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Montblanc among others, reported another set of strong results as the momentum seen in the first quarterof the financial year continued into the second quarter. Sales from continuing operations increased by 24% … Read more
Christie’s Global Sales Achieve £3.3 B / $4.1 B in First Half 2022 “Our results in the first half of 2022 have been remarkably strong, with many memorable moments like the sales of Warhol’s Marilyn and of the Bass collection in New York, and of the Givenchy collection in Paris. These results have been achieved … Read more
Luxury-Home Sales Sink 18%, the Biggest Decline Since the Start of the Pandemic. Redfin analysis finds the luxury-housing market is cooling down amid a slumping stock market, rising mortgage rates and economic uncertainty. Sales of luxury U.S. homes fell 17.8% year over year during the three months ending April 30, the largest drop since the … Read more
Gold, luxury watches and jewelry serve as a store of value and a hedge against inflation. As global market reacted to Russian Invasion of Ukraine, the luxury brands were the last to announce the exit. Russian buyers invested in hard luxury, such as watches and jewellery. As al-jazeera wrote, at the beginning of the invasion … Read more