Helping elite buyers to design their dream vehicle is now a lucrative sideline for carmakers
Italy’s competition authority ends probe into some of luxury group’s suppliers
French luxury house ‘very cautious’ on outlook as profits decline following aggressive price rises
Pierpaolo Piccioli succeeds Demna Gvasalia as owner Kering seeks to combat luxury downturn
Nick Hayek has overseen a decade of decline at the watchmaker. Can he see off the threat to his grip on the group?
Chair Johann Rupert warns price differences across regions risk pushing customers across borders for better deals
Despite endlessly fiddling with its brand, the luxury group still seems to stand for something in consumers’ minds
Struggling British luxury brand to cull up to 1,700 jobs after swinging to annual loss
Plus, Elliott wins over influential proxy adviser at Phillips 66 and golden passports’ Europe troubles
LVMH’s drinks business has been hit by a global downturn and management missteps
Soaring gold prices test mettle of watchmakers; Eric Pirson on Tudor’s drive into the sporting big league; Shona Taine joins the horology elite; the ever increasing appeal of alexandrite; in search of new frontiers in the watch space race
Amid buoyant consumer demand, watchmakers are under pressure to pass on costs or turn to alternative materials
Eric Pirson reflects on the brand’s increased focus on sport partnerships, its differences with Rolex and its wider strategic moves
Bvlgari is bucking the gloom in much of the European luxury sector by investing in domestic manufacturing and training
Cartier’s Women’s Pavilion sits besides global efforts by other brands to advance female entrepreneurship
Plus, creditors draw battle lines at Altice and Millennium in talks to sell stakes
Pawnbrokers report rise in new clients as Trump’s trade war boosts potential loan amounts and scrap value
New executives at LVMH’s wine and spirits division tell staff 1,200 jobs will go and warn sales will not bounce back soon
Investors send shares lower, worsening the group’s underperformance versus luxury rivals
Luxury goods were supposed to be making a comeback this year.
Maker of Birkin bags reports slower growth than expected as sector braces itself for impact of trade war
The maker of Birkin bags is now the world’s most valuable luxury company, as investors bet on continued struggles at LVMH
LVMH’s reported figures don’t yet reflect much of a softening in the American market
Slowing demand in the US and ongoing struggles in China will raise concerns for an industry grappling with Trump’s tariffs
US-China tariffs look set to condemn industry to another difficult year
