"While most consumers on Instagram will not be able to afford the dress, engaging with aspirational consumers now is crucial to luxury brands' successes," said Romey Louangvilay, senior social media strategist at Syndicate Media Group, New York.

A new group called The House of Britannia aims to invest in luxury goods firms with the ability to compete on an international level, either by acquiring them or taking a significant stake in the business. It has just signed terms with shirt maker …

Korean-American model and fashion blogger Christina Oh will showcase U.S. and European designers in China's lucrative luxury goods market this summer, as she launches her popular style blog in the Far East. China's anticipated market for luxury goods …

In the United States, it sells through 3,235 retailers, including 332 Pandora-branded stores. Pandora's growth comes at a time of steady growth for the $11 billion luxury designer jewelry market. "The brands that seem to be doing the best are brands …

Lemon Tree Hotels is planning to enter the luxury segment. The company is talking with two luxury brands in the US and Asia, which have no operations in the country, for its luxury venture. Lemon Tree will share the management fee with the partner brand.

Prada's outlook is in keeping with the broader luxury–goods industry, where growth is being pegged back by softening demand in Europe and Asia, and the strength of the euro. The industry expanded 2 percent to 217 billion euros ($299 billion) last year …

With Bulgari as a major sponsor, and “glamour” in its title, the show foregrounds Italy's importance to the luxury market and the high status of many of its foremost brands, whether in fashion clothing, leather goods or fine jewellery. It is …

The Hong Kong-based group — which operates the Langham and Langham Place luxury brands — operates Eaton properties in the city-state, Shanghai and Toronto, with a Qingdao hotel to open early next year. Robert Warman, the company's new chief …

Xcel Brands has acquired Judith Ripka, a luxury jewelry brand that Ripka launched in her living room in 1977. Judith Ripka. Rate this story. More from Loot. Tim Draper doubles down on proposal to split California into six states · Judith Ripka now a …