Category: Business of Luxury
Luxury retail added less new space in the first half of 2026. At the same time, the flagships that matter are getting much bigger. JLL tracked 123,334 square feet of new U.S. luxury retail openings in the first half of 2026, down from 227,000 square feet a year earlier. That is a 46% decline. Read […]
A limited Sporty & Rich capsule, a hotel fragrance and a Westin-inspired piece of furniture may all count as hotel retail. They are not the same business.
The emirate wants to nearly double its hotel inventory and make about four in five keys premium by 2030. Building the rooms may be easier than building the demand.
Christie’s will hold its first fine-art auction in Abu Dhabi on November 1. The interesting question is not whether the city can stage another prestige event. It is whether buyers and sellers are beginning to treat Abu Dhabi as a place to do business, not only a place to see art.
The 2028 Genesis GV90 has a screen that rises when the SUV is parked. Press a control and the display lifts 90 millimeters into a 24.6-inch OLED surface intended for media. Genesis calls it a Cinematic Display. The GV90 is also Genesis’s first full-size flagship SUV. The moving screen is the detail everyone will photograph. […]
Bentley’s first battery-electric model can make up to 888 PS in Torcal S form. More revealing is how the company is rebuilding engine emotion, old visual codes and physical craft for a car without a combustion engine.
Brand Finance values the Porsche name at $35.2 billion. Volkswagen has separately said it would recognize an approximately €6 billion non-cash impairment on goodwill allocated to its Porsche business segment. The two figures sound contradictory only if you assume they are measuring the same thing.
The Opening Ceremony co-founder looks like an unexpected hire for a 64-year-old knitwear house. His first St. John moves make more sense once you notice how little he is trying to erase.
