Tag: closely-watched

  • Luxury market growth to reach low point in 2016: Bain

    By Astrid Wendlandt and Pascale Denis VERSAILLES, France (Reuters) – Growth in the more than 250 billion euro ($285 billion) personal luxury goods market should pick up next year, boosted by resurgent demand in the United States and China, after hitting a trough in 2016, consultancy Bain & Co predicted. Bain, whose industry outlook is…

  • Luxury market growth to reach low point in 2016: Bain

    By Astrid Wendlandt and Pascale Denis VERSAILLES, France (Reuters) – Growth in the more than 250 billion euro ($285 billion) personal luxury goods market should pick up next year, boosted by resurgent demand in the United States and China, after hitting a trough in 2016, consultancy Bain & Co predicted. Bain, whose industry outlook is…

  • Balmain opens first US flagship

    Balmain is opening a New York flagship store — its first in the US, confirming the luxury Parisian fashion house's growing popularity stateside.

  • Balmain opens first US flagship

    Balmain is opening a New York flagship store — its first in the US, confirming the luxury Parisian fashion house's growing popularity stateside.

  • Gucci to unify men’s and women’s collections from 2017

    Italian luxury brand Gucci announced on Tuesday it will unify its women's and men's collections starting from next year in an effort to simplify the designer's business. The first show combining womenswear and menswear will be at Gucci's new Milan headquarters, President and Chief Executive Marco Bizzarri said in a company statement. It did not…

  • Gucci to unify men’s and women’s collections from 2017

    Italian luxury brand Gucci announced on Tuesday it will unify its women's and men's collections starting from next year in an effort to simplify the designer's business. The first show combining womenswear and menswear will be at Gucci's new Milan headquarters, President and Chief Executive Marco Bizzarri said in a company statement. It did not…

  • Selfridges launches ‘The Body Studio’

    The holistic concept features state-of-the-art private changing rooms with three-way “total vision” mirrors and a new “zero-tape” fitting service that sees expert consultants assess a woman's body measurements by eye only. The space also includes a ‘knicker bar' where customers can pick and mix their underwear, which is forecast to retail 33,000 pairs of knickers…