Top 3 Luxury Brands.Wealthy European Consumers Rank Luxury Hotel, Handbag and Fashion Brands; Loro Piana Loved by Women and Men, Hermes Earns Highest Handbag Score

Press Release A new series of Luxury Brand Status Index (LBSI) surveys from the independent and objective New York City-based Luxury Institute reveals firsthand impressions and rankings of dozens of luxury brands by high net-worth consumers from the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy. Wealthy European shoppers evaluated each brand on quality, exclusivity, social status … Read more

Young consumers are racing to purchase “New Luxury” Goods, finds PM Digital Study

E-Commerce Landscape Shifting Towards “New Luxury” Goods While many consumers remain focused on prestige pieces that will retain their worth, young consumers are racing to purchase “new luxury” accessories like high-priced handbags and shoes, according to a study just released by PM Digital, a New York-based digital marketing agency. This is among the findings in … Read more

“Essential Luxury philosophy” – Interview with luxury & European Commission expert & The Perfume Fondation Chairman Creezy Courtoy

What can say about “luxury” a true specialist and a luxury expert? What could say about perfumes a true perfumer? Well, Creezy Courtoy is the person you are looking for. Dedicated to luxury and perfume industry in particular, the author of the famous “Les Routes du Perfum” revealed some of the achievements of many years … Read more

German Luxury sector establishes its own special interest group – Meisterkreis

Meissen head Kurtzke voted first president of the MEISTERKREIS France has Comité Colbert, the British have Walpole, Italians have Fondazione Altagamma and the Spanish – Circulo Fortuny.  From 21 of October Germany has its own special interest luxury group called Meisterkreis. More than 40 German and international luxury brands formally established the ‘MEISTERKREIS – Deutsches … Read more

Luxury French house of crystal, LALIQUE, launches first fine jewellery collection

It is official ! Luxury French house of crystal, LALIQUE, launches first fine jewellery collection. Lalique history began in 1845, with his fouder Rene Lalique. From 1905, the diamonds were never used in jewellery collections. Until now. The range, called Pétillante, features 18ct yellow gold and sterling silver rings set with diamonds and coloured Lalique crystal. … Read more

Pentawards 2011 Winners – Luxury Category

Pentawards is an worldwide competition exclusively devoted to packaging design in all its forms. It is open to everybody in all countries who are associated with the creation and marketing of packaging. The winners receive bronze, silver, gold, platinum or diamond Pentawards according to the creative quality of their work. Packaging design from the world … Read more