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.
Corum carves out a place in the fine watch segment
Taken in hand by the Wunderman family in 2000, the small La Chaux-de-Fonds brand stands out for its "one step at a time" commercial strategy. A case of patience rewarded...
BNB Concept, the Fine watchmaking meteorite
With a growth rate of 200% every six months, BNB Concept, specialist in the design of complicated movements for leading watchmakers, has got off to a dazzling start. In just three years, the enterprise has moved on from its start-up origins to that of an SME with 130 employees. And it's only the start…
History repeats itself…
It would come as almost no surprise were we to open up one of today's timepieces and see the name Lépine or Berthoud, two of the great master watchmakers of centuries past, engraved inside.
A shop from the Big Apple relates a century of watchmaking
Over the course of a century, Tourneau has imposed itself as undisputed leader in the distribution of Swiss-made timepieces. The company recently changed owners, and now seeks to step up its growth.
The Tiffany vs. eBay lawsuit nears its verdict
In its war against counterfeits, the jeweller has accused the auction site of benefiting from illegal transactions. The stakes are high, especially as eBay is facing other lawsuits outside the United States.
