Effect of Covid-19 on Luxury Brands

  Just like pretty much everything, sales of luxury goods were also affected by Covid-19. However, due to the recent news (Lifting of restrictions, vaccines, etc), an almost 29 percent increase has been noticed in the sales of luxury goods. Especially in luxury handbags. As reported by Bain & Company, who happened to be a … Read more

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

Burberry attacks move to scrap tax-free shopping on eve of Brexit

Brand says move to install 20% VAT will encourage 1.2m visitors to shop in Europe instead

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

‘What’s the point?’: Paris fashion faces up to life after lockdown

Socially distanced shopping proves a hard sell in the French capital with few places open to show off

Burberry cancels dividend after sales plunge 27%

Luxury brand axes payment to shareholders worth about £120m amid Covid-19 crisis