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70% of Asian luxury consumers prioritizing craftsmanship over brand, design: Bluebell Group

70% of Asian luxury consumers prioritizing craftsmanship over brand, design: Bluebell Group

The fourth volume of the 'Asia Lifestyle Consumer Profile' report, covering consumers across six markets, found that 70% of respondents are prioritizing craftsmanship over brand or design.  
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Breitling launches first brick-and-mortar store in Chennai

Breitling launches first brick-and-mortar store in Chennai

Luxury timepiece brand Breitling has opened its first exclusive brand outlet in Chennai inside the city’s Phoenix Palladium Mall. The store houses the Swiss brand’s selection of watches for men and women.
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Titan opens exclusive brand store in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Titan opens exclusive brand store in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Tata Group’s watch brand Titan has opened an exclusive brand store in Dhaka, Bangladesh to cater to the country’s premium shoppers.
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Jaipur Watch Company launches limited edition vintage line

Jaipur Watch Company launches limited edition vintage line

Premium timepiece brand Jaipur Watch Company has expanded its product portfolio and launched a limited edition of ‘Vintage Stamp’ watches using real vintage stamps with a sapphire crystal dial. 
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Titan opens watch kiosk in Vietnam

Titan opens watch kiosk in Vietnam

Tata Group’s Titan Company has opened a kiosk in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh city to retail a selection of men’s and women’s timepieces.
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Hugo Boss has record 2023, sees more growth ahead despite tough backdrop

Hugo Boss has record 2023, sees more growth ahead despite tough backdrop

​Hugo Boss’s results report on Thursday showed just how strong the German high-end fashion giant is, with 2023 being a record year for the business and further improvements predicted for FY24.
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Ferragamo sales improve in February after weak start to year

Ferragamo sales improve in February after weak start to year

Sales at Salvatore Ferragamo continued to weaken year-on-year in January after dragging operating profit down 44% profit in 2023, but stabilised in February, the chief executive of the Italian luxury goods group said.
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Titan Smart joins forces with CueZen

Titan Smart joins forces with CueZen

Titan Company Limited’s wearable business Titan Smart Wearables has partnered with predictive and generative AI for health specialist CueZen to create new features for its wearables. 
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Louis Vuitton closes Paris Fashion Week by going into orbit

Louis Vuitton closes Paris Fashion Week by going into orbit

Bernard Arnault, the patron of Louis Vuitton, loves a big show, and he got an immense one Tuesday night as designer Nicolas Ghesquière closed out the official Paris runway season with a mammoth display before 4,000. 
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Miu Miu: Classic has rarely looked better

Miu Miu: Classic has rarely looked better

It’s hard to underestimate the importance in fashion of Miuccia Prada, who stages Prada power shows for men and women in Milan four times year, and bookends the Paris women’s wear season with Miu Miu.
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Titan expects premium segment to continue to drive growth

Titan expects premium segment to continue to drive growth

Watch and lifestyle business Titan Company expects its premium brands segment to continue to drive growth as luxury goods are gaining more momentum than mass market products.
Fashion
Monday in Paris: Pierre Cardin and Coperni

Monday in Paris: Pierre Cardin and Coperni

On the 8th day of Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2024, French brand Pierre Cardin took his signature space-girls underwater, while the duo behind Coperni made theirs trace a pathway to the stardust.
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Paris on Monday looks East with Sacai and Rokh

Paris on Monday looks East with Sacai and Rokh

One looked east on Monday in Paris with two powerful statements by much-admired brands Sacai and Rokh, one by Chitose Abe of Japan, the other by Rok Hwang from Korea.
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Paris: Valentino and Akris in reflective moods

Paris: Valentino and Akris in reflective moods

A brisk, breezy Sunday saw thousands of fans crowd around the entrance to shows by two of the classiest brands in fashion, Valentino and Akris, where dark reflection was the unifying theme.
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Balenciaga: From Alpine beauty to nomadic cyber punk

Balenciaga: From Alpine beauty to nomadic cyber punk

Now that’s what we call a great fashion show. A dramatic reworking of Balenciaga’s canon in the thoroughly modern collection staged inside a truly stunning set.
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Sean McGirr debuts experimentally at Alexander McQueen

Sean McGirr debuts experimentally at Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen once staged a show in a garbage incinerator plant along the Thames. Sean McGirr staged his impressive debut for the house on Saturday night inside a scruffy former railway depot in Paris’ Chinatown. 
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