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Swiss conglomerate Richemont is the owner of luxury maisons in jewellery, watches, fashion and accessories, including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Jaeger-LeCoultre and more.

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News & Analysis

The Trouble With Ready-to-Wear

The designer ready-to-wear category faces serious structural problems. Luca Solca, head of luxury goods at Exane BNP Paribas, does the analysis.

News & Analysis

The Trouble With Ready-to-Wear

The designer ready-to-wear category faces serious structural problems. Luca Solca, head of luxury goods at Exane BNP Paribas, does the analysis.


News & Analysis

What Russia’s Meltdown Means for Luxury

Facing sanctions, plunging oil prices and a falling rouble, the Russian economy is in crisis. How can luxury goods companies offset the impact? Luca Solca, head of luxury goods at Exane BNP Paribas, reports.

News & Analysis

What Russia’s Meltdown Means for Luxury

Facing sanctions, plunging oil prices and a falling rouble, the Russian economy is in crisis. How can luxury goods companies offset the impact? Luca Solca, head of luxury goods at Exane BNP Paribas, reports.


Technology

Swiss Makers Quietly Gear Up with Smartwatches of Their Own

Luxury and fashion groups Richemont, LVMH, Swatch Group and Guess Inc have been busy in the past year tinkering with smartwatches of their own, while aiming to preserve their products' more timeless appeal.

Technology

Swiss Makers Quietly Gear Up with Smartwatches of Their Own

Luxury and fashion groups Richemont, LVMH, Swatch Group and Guess Inc have been busy in the past year tinkering with smartwatches of their own, while aiming to preserve their products' more timeless appeal.


Global Markets

Swatch Co-Inventor Sees Apple Causing Ice Age for Swiss Watches

Apple Inc. may soon sell as many timepieces as all of Switzerland, threatening the country’s four-century- old industry, the co-inventor of the Swatch predicted.

Global Markets

Swatch Co-Inventor Sees Apple Causing Ice Age for Swiss Watches

Apple Inc. may soon sell as many timepieces as all of Switzerland, threatening the country’s four-century- old industry, the co-inventor of the Swatch predicted.


News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Dior and I, Paco Rabanne, Uniqlo

How well have you read your BoF this week? Test your knowledge of all of the latest news and analysis from around the world of fashion in our Pop Quiz, which covers Dior and I, Paco Rabanne, Uniqlo and more.

News & Analysis

Pop Quiz | Dior and I, Paco Rabanne, Uniqlo

How well have you read your BoF this week? Test your knowledge of all of the latest news and analysis from around the world of fashion in our Pop Quiz, which covers Dior and I, Paco Rabanne, Uniqlo and more.


Technology

Fashion ‘Unicorn’ Farfetch Raises $86 Million at $1 Billion Valuation

Curated fashion platform Farfetch has raised $86 million in a Series E round valuing the company at $1 billion, making it a rare fashion ‘unicorn.’

Technology

Fashion ‘Unicorn’ Farfetch Raises $86 Million at $1 Billion Valuation

Curated fashion platform Farfetch has raised $86 million in a Series E round valuing the company at $1 billion, making it a rare fashion ‘unicorn.’


Financial Markets

Navigating a Storm of Currency Volatility

How can fashion companies navigate the crashing waves of currency fluctuations?

Financial Markets

Navigating a Storm of Currency Volatility

How can fashion companies navigate the crashing waves of currency fluctuations?


China

Luxury Retail, E-Commerce, Tiny Times, Kate Spade, Alibaba

The China Edit is a weekly curation of the most important fashion business news and analysis from and about the world’s largest luxury market.

China

Luxury Retail, E-Commerce, Tiny Times, Kate Spade, Alibaba

The China Edit is a weekly curation of the most important fashion business news and analysis from and about the world’s largest luxury market.


Financial Markets

The Swiss Tsunami

The Savigny Luxury Index started the year on a high as it gained almost five percent over the month.

Financial Markets

The Swiss Tsunami

The Savigny Luxury Index started the year on a high as it gained almost five percent over the month.


News & Analysis

Swatch Earnings Miss Estimates After Hong Kong Protests

Swatch Group AG reported 2014 earnings that missed analysts’ estimates as political protests in Hong Kong weighed on demand for Swiss watches in that market.

News & Analysis

Swatch Earnings Miss Estimates After Hong Kong Protests

Swatch Group AG reported 2014 earnings that missed analysts’ estimates as political protests in Hong Kong weighed on demand for Swiss watches in that market.