Luxury brands: higher standards or just a higher mark-up?

Research challenges assumption that there is a link between the cost of clothing and the way it is produced, explains Tansy Hoskins



Six must dos for successful luxury goods marketing

From Ferrari’s belief in high performance to Le Labo’s personalised perfume, here’s what makes a successful luxury brand

Prada brings artistic spirit into Milan’s industrial centre

Former distillery to become city’s newest and largest gallery of contemporary art

Hottest beauty trends for 2015

How will we look in the new year? Possibly quite strange. Big brows and butts are in, while the eyes are dramatic and hair is pulled back

Burberry and Mulberry face branding challenges in luxury market

As the global luxury goods market experiences a slowdown, two iconic British fashion brands are coping with the pinch in different ways

Luxury brands in a quandary as China’s wealthy young develop resistance to bling

Gucci and Prada’s financial results are disappointing and there’s a fear that the west can’t provide what sophisticated Chinese shoppers want