LVMH brand Louis Vuitton will open its largest flagship store in Japan in Osaka’s Shinsaibashi on February 1 and will open its first café and restaurant inside the flagship store on February 15.  

The spread of the deadly coronavirus in China could mean the world’s luxury industry seeing sales dented by fewer Chinese shoppers travelling abroad, tax-free payments specialist Planet said on Thursday.

The Detroit-based “stock market of things” has announced that it surpassed $1 billion in gross merchandise value in 2019 alone, as the platform pushed forward with international expansion, especially in Europe and Asia.

Property giant Landsec has signed deals with 25 brands covering 139,900 sq ft across its shopping sites with big UK and international names having just joined or set to join its line-up.

Swiss luxury group Richemont had good news and bad for its latest quarter as Fashion & Accessories sales fell, but it saw good growth overall in most of its markets for the wider business.

Cartier is the latest brand to partner with Alibaba's Chinese e-commerce platform, Tmall Luxury Pavillion.

High-end e-tail giant Yoox Net-A-Porter has named Nisreen Shocair as its CEO, Middle East. She joins with “extensive global retail and e-commerce expertise, holding senior positions in the UAE and New York”.

Watches of Switzerland has restructured its top management team due to the impending retirement of its COO Tony Broderick. Craig Bolton has been prompted to oversee the UK unit while David Hurley runs the US arm.

Luxury consumers are embracing the concept of resale and only a tiny 16% feel there’s a stigma in wearing pre-owned items. That’s according to a study conducted among 400 affluent consumers in the UK, US and France.

Craftsmanship takes pride of place in the latest offering from Blancpain for the Chinese New Year, with the launch of the Swiss luxury horologist's first ever porcelain dial on a limited-edition watch.

Swiss watchmaker Piaget is celebrating the Chinese New Year with a limited-edition Piaget Altiplano inspired by 2020's Chinese zodiac sign: the rat.

The boss of Harrods said the retailer is “well placed to take advantage of” the younger shopper who wants “to have really great quality beauty” and is upbeat about the chances for the firm’s new beauty chain.

Smartwatches and wrist-worn fitness trackers continue to build their popularity in the UK after a fairly slow start a few years ago with ownership having increased 23% this year.

The Swiss competition watchdog on Thursday restricted Swatch Group's shipments of watch mechanisms to other companies ahead of a final decision in mid-2020 in a long-running dispute.

Sales to global shoppers are continuing to grow in London but while its status as the key destination is undiminished, it has lost share to Birmingham and Manchester this year, says tax-free payments specialist Planet.

Swatch Group threatened on Wednesday to pursue damages after it said the Swiss competition authority COMCO wants to prohibit the watch maker from supplying watch mechanisms to other companies during 2020.