Richemont sales in Asia Pacific surged 20 per cent in the first half of this year with the region the group’s single-largest market, accounting for 37 per cent of total sales. The increase was fuelled by the inclusion of the Yoox Net-A-Porter (YNAP) business…
South Korea’s Customs service has released an intellectual property infringement report detailing the most-seized counterfeit goods over the past four years. According to the report, South Korean officials seized more fake Louis Vuitton products than any…
A Cartier pop up is set to be hosted in a Tokyo convenience store. In a stark contrast of venue for the distinguished luxury heritage brand, the store-in-store will exhibit the brand’s latest jewellery collection Juste en Clou, designed to resemble the iron…
The Cartier Love Bracelet has been a benchmark to compare luxury jewellery prices across Asia. Made of 18K white gold with 204 diamonds, the bracelet’s price varies from one Asian cities to the other. The Julius Baer Wealth Report Asia revealed Shanghai to be…
Double-digit growth in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Korea and Macau have helped boost sales for Swiss luxury goods group Richemont. Results for the year to the end of March show Richmont sales grew by 3 per cent at actual rates and by 8 per cent at constant…
Cartier jewellery company and luxury travel retailer DFS Group are jointly hosting an exhibition at T Galleria by DFS, Macau, Shoppes at Four Seasons to showcase Santos de Cartier timepieces. Running until the end of next month, the exhibition involves…
Despite losing popularity with American teenagers and a drop in brand value of 41 per cent, Nike is still way out in front in the Brand Finance Top 50 list of the most valuable apparel brands in the world. In the list, just been release by the independent…
At this time of year, New York City’s Fifth Avenue is a sparkling sea of holiday lights. There’s Cartier with its illuminated Panther; Harry Winston with its diamond-shaped orbs; and then there’s Tiffany, which seems to have decked its store with lights that…
Asia Pacific sales accounted for 39 per cent of group sales for Swiss luxury-goods holding company Richemont for its half-year to September 30. Sales in Asia Pacific rose by by 25 per cent, with double-digit growth in most markets led by Mainland China, Hong…
Jewellery retailer Cartier has teamed with Kering Eyewear for its latest eyewear collection. Presented at the Silmo International Optics and Eyewear Exhibition in Paris, it marks the official start of the companies’ licensing agreement. Described as…
Cartier owner Richemont North America has been fined for shipping jewellery to a Hong Kong company blocked by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Based in New York City, Richemont has agreed to pay US$334,800 to settle its…
Fine jewellery retailer Cartier has unveiled its newest store in Kuala Lumpur. Located at the Pavilion KL, the French maison’s two-storey duplex boutique is set on Level 2 and Level 3. Designed to emulate the Cartier flagship, the Bukit Bintang entrance…
The closures of a number of retail and luxury brand giants on China’s e-commerce platforms indicate that retail competition is no less fierce online than offline. It is old news that the Chinese market is highly competitive and unlike any other market in the…
Beauty products brand Innisfree is launching in Indonesia with brand curator Time International. Part of Korean global beauty company AmorePacific Group, Innisfree offers products made with natural ingredients from Jeju, a volcanic island off the southern…
Cartier has unveiled its first-ever lifestyle pop-up store with experiential display to exhibit the Drive de Cartier Watch Collection. The pop-up, located in the Macau Four Seasons T-Galleria by DFS, opened this month and will remain until the end of…
Luxury brands need to use new technologies and offer experiences for their customers, the second Luxury Society keynote event in Shanghai has been told. UCO Cosmetics CEO Arthur Zhang told the event that the early-stage eCommerce model of simply providing a…