For the rich and famous, wearing luxury designer brands like Chanel, Hermes and Fendi is as simple and natural as breathing. Common folk however, probably have to give careful thought to what we spend our hard earned cash on, no matter how nice that …

Melbourne's appetite for the finer things in life is driving a luxury boom in the city fuelled by champagne and couture. Bons vivants in Melbourne have propelled the city into the top-ranking global markets for French luxury brand Hermes, with …

Lexus, Acura and Infiniti, the upmarket brands dreamed up in the 1980s by Japan's big three carmakers, Toyota, Honda and Nissan, have been left trailing (see chart). Together the German trio now have 70% of the market for fast, expensive and luxurious …

A spending slowdown by Chinese tourists in Europe, coupled with exchange rate fluctuations, damped sales and profits in the first quarter for Prada, prompting fears of softening growth across the wider luxury industry. The company said that net income …

DETROIT (Bloomberg) — BMW topped Mercedes in May U.S. sales as smaller, cheaper models and fashionable SUVs helped luxury brands increase deliveries. The BMW brand boosted sales in May by 17 percent, helped by an 81 percent jump in deliveries …

Luxury retailers are the last bastion against the surge of e-commerce, thanks to the assumption that going digital dilutes the DNA of a high-end brand. However, experts say firms that do not adopt an online outlook risk losing out altogether on …

The UpTake: With a new owner and a CEO who just joined, the California luxury brand Fred Segal is looking to create an experiential shopping experience that will include 50,000-square-foot lifestyle centers that sell everything from designer clothes to …

With brands like St Regis, The Luxury Collection and W Hotels, Starwood is well placed to take advantage of the increase in the number of Luxury Travellers from Asia. We speak to Alison Taylor, Senior Vice President, Sales, Starwood Hotels & Resorts …

Bons vivants in Melbourne have propelled the city into the top-ranking global markets for French luxury brand Hermes, with Melbourne ranking 17th for tableware sales and 24th for fashion jewellery sales among Hermes' 300 stores around the world.