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Polo to take control of its S Korean distributor
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. is taking direct control of its distribution in South Korea, capping off a string of deals that enable the notoriously detail-oriented company to better manage its brand image …
Hermès Asia-Pacific sales up 45pc
French luxury-goods group Hermès saw sales rise 20 percent to EUR1.07 billion (USD1.38b) for the six months ended on 30 June, with Asia-Pacific sales excluding Japan registering a 45 percent ri…
Dip ahead for Australia’s Country Road
The Australian retail sector’s heavy and relentless discounting since the Boxing Day sales has claimed its first victim, with upmarket fashion retailer Country Road blaming the industry’s …
Chinese hunger for luxury goods unsated
A survey on luxury spending has found that the Greater China market seems to have survived largely unscathed by the global economic turmoil.
China’s luxury market is expected to continue to grow…
Luxury makes a comeback
Luxury retailers like Tiffany, Burberry and Coach are seeing surging sales and expanding quickly in China.
Brian Nagel, Oppenheimer and Richard Hastings, Global Hunter Securities talk about the growth…
India gem, jewellery Apr-Jun exports up 67.6pc
India’s gem and jewellery exports for the quarter to June rose 67.6 percent on year to USD8.89 billion, according to data released by the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council.
Gold jewelle…
Fashion industry looks for older models
In the past year, a curious thing has happened. Older women have become increasingly visible in the arena in which, above all others, nubile youth has long trumped all else: fashion.…
H&M sees sales rise 20pc in June
Swedish fashion giant Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) has reported a 20 percent sales rise in June compared with the same month last year.
The number of stores was 2,062 on 30 June 2010 versus 1,827…
Uniqlo – headed by a Japanese Steve Jobs?
Why, asks a Japanese magazine, wasn’t the iPad invented in Japan? The short answer would be that Steve Jobs isn’t Japanese. The country does, however, have a similarly hard-driving perfect…