Sustainability: a drop in the ocean?
The One Ocean Summit in Brest aims to mobilise the international community to take tangible action to save the ocean. Yet another emergency for the stricken planet. Part one: taking stock.
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Luxury, biodiversity and the sixth mass extinction
At five points in the past 500 million years, life on Earth was almost completely wiped out. We are now on the brink of a sixth mass extinction, and we are the cause. Can humans right their wrongs? The luxury industry must lead by example.
ECAL joins the fight against fakes
The Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie (FHH) and the University of Art and Design in Lausanne (ECAL) have joined forces in a project to produce short films on the theme of counterfeiting. This partnership is part of a wider awareness campaign in which the general public and Swiss film-makers also play a part.
Ulysse Nardin increases its prices to offset the euro
Speaking at the Reuters Global Luxury Summit, held early June in Paris, Rolf Schnyder, CEO of Ulysse Nardin, announced that the brand had increased its prices in the euro zone to offset depreciation in the single currency. He expects sales to increase by 20% to 25% this year.
Montblanc brings Collection Villeret 1858 watches to Beverly Hills
Ideas, trends and fashions may be born the world over in cities like London, Tokyo and New York, but it’s in Beverly Hills on Rodeo Drive that a product gets its test for success.
