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China

How ‘Revenge Travel’ Will Impact Luxury Sales

From border re-openings to the repatriation of spending, several factors will shape how and where Chinese customers buy luxury goods in the coming years.

China

How ‘Revenge Travel’ Will Impact Luxury Sales

From border re-openings to the repatriation of spending, several factors will shape how and where Chinese customers buy luxury goods in the coming years.


News & Analysis

Luxury Giants Urge UK Chancellor to Rethink Tax-Free Shopping Ban

Follow our live blog for continuous updates from the frontlines of fashion.

News & Analysis

Luxury Giants Urge UK Chancellor to Rethink Tax-Free Shopping Ban

Follow our live blog for continuous updates from the frontlines of fashion.


China

Is This the End of Hong Kong as a Luxury Mecca?

As protests re-start in a city that was once one of the world's most important luxury and retail hubs, businesses have never faced more uncertainty.

China

Is This the End of Hong Kong as a Luxury Mecca?

As protests re-start in a city that was once one of the world's most important luxury and retail hubs, businesses have never faced more uncertainty.


China

What a Chinese Student Exodus Would Mean for Fashion

Travel restrictions, health concerns and anti-Chinese sentiment are disrupting students' plans, with ramifications for fashion schools, luxury brands and the industry at large.

China

What a Chinese Student Exodus Would Mean for Fashion

Travel restrictions, health concerns and anti-Chinese sentiment are disrupting students' plans, with ramifications for fashion schools, luxury brands and the industry at large.


Luxury

Bernard Arnault Plans for LVMH Rebound

Historically, Europe’s richest man has made a career out of investing through downturns when his competitors were too weakened or too skittish to forge ahead. Even though his net worth has dwindled more than $30 billion during the crisis, his luxury conglomerate LVMH is going ahead with much of its spending plans.

Luxury

Bernard Arnault Plans for LVMH Rebound

Historically, Europe’s richest man has made a career out of investing through downturns when his competitors were too weakened or too skittish to forge ahead. Even though his net worth has dwindled more than $30 billion during the crisis, his luxury conglomerate LVMH is going ahead with much of its spending plans.


Luxury

Does Chanel's Barely There E-Commerce Strategy Make Sense in the Pandemic?

The luxury giant does not sell fashion, fine jewellery or watches online, leaving it without alternatives for many of its lucrative categories as stores are closed.

Luxury

Does Chanel's Barely There E-Commerce Strategy Make Sense in the Pandemic?

The luxury giant does not sell fashion, fine jewellery or watches online, leaving it without alternatives for many of its lucrative categories as stores are closed.


Global Markets

Luxury Braces for $43 Billion in Losses as Coronavirus Panic Goes Global

The tragedy’s effects are rippling across the industry, from front rows to travel retail.

Global Markets

Luxury Braces for $43 Billion in Losses as Coronavirus Panic Goes Global

The tragedy’s effects are rippling across the industry, from front rows to travel retail.


Luxury

Why 'Made in France' Is Back in Force

Major French luxury brands like Chanel, Hermès and Louis Vuitton are spending millions of euros on facilities in their home country to burnish their brands, secure unique know-how, enable greater speed-to-market and benefit from government incentives.

Luxury

Why 'Made in France' Is Back in Force

Major French luxury brands like Chanel, Hermès and Louis Vuitton are spending millions of euros on facilities in their home country to burnish their brands, secure unique know-how, enable greater speed-to-market and benefit from government incentives.


Luxury

LVMH's Secret Rihanna Project: New Details Emerge, and Why It's a Smart Move

According to newly obtained filings, LVMH’s rumoured new venture with Rihanna seems more likely than ever.

Luxury

LVMH's Secret Rihanna Project: New Details Emerge, and Why It's a Smart Move

According to newly obtained filings, LVMH’s rumoured new venture with Rihanna seems more likely than ever.


Luxury

The Race to Control the Luxury Leather Business

As more fashion labels push into the accessories business, luxury titans like Kering, LVMH and Hermès jockey for control of a leather market in flux.

Luxury

The Race to Control the Luxury Leather Business

As more fashion labels push into the accessories business, luxury titans like Kering, LVMH and Hermès jockey for control of a leather market in flux.