Managers of Wealth

Rolls-Royce: A Banner Year, Landing at #1 in US Again

It was a record year for Rolls-Royce Motor Car vehicles, with worldwide sales rising to 3,575 units.

Diamonds Are Swatch's Best Friend

The Swatch Group Ltd. acquires the brand and all the activities related to jewelry and watches, including the 535 employees worldwide and the production company in Geneva (Switzerland).

Big test for UK luxury carmaker under Indian owners

The firm, with sleek saloons favoured by British Prime Ministers and luxury SUVs born of desert and jungle combat, now has factories working around the clock in England, bucking the trend of hard times for European auto-makers.

Hedge fund multi-millionaire and Mayfair-based designer snap up one of Savile Row's most famous names

The 163-year-old business, which counts King Edward VII, Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Lawrence Olivier and Humphrey Bogart among its former clients, was sold by private investors who have owned the brand since 2005.

Germans' British luxury brands do well in 2012

The super-luxury brands owned by Germany's Volkswagen and BMW groups both posted healthy sales growth in 2012. VW's Bentley announced global growth of 22% year on year to 8,510 cars, following the worldwide dealer count rising 10%, while BMW

Arab Inventor Abbas Ibn Firnas honoured through Rolls-Royce Bespoke collection

The Bespoke Programme is a service offered to Rolls-Royce clients whereby the client may specify features of the car,

Italian luxury brand boosts China stake

The company was set up in 1927

Chateau Lafite Rothschild exec suggests potential in chinese vineyards

Mr Negrier said that "Lafite is only the top of the pyramid

Top 10 luxury brand mobile apps of 2012

Luxury marketers incorporated new technologies into branded mobile applications to wow their consumers

Belgian chocolatiers face up to changing tastes

Belgium is rightly proud as producer of some of the world's finest chocolate but changing tastes and new markets in Asia and the Arab world are shaking up its somewhat predictable scene.

Chinese get a temple to whisky - and wealth

It's a gift fit for a Chinese billionaire.

Top 10 luxury brand social marketers of Q4

Luxury marketers engaged their fans and followers through contests, social sharing, Twitter hashtags and new platforms during the last quarter of 2012.

Bentley Continental GT Speed Convertible leaked

Could debut in Detroit.

Rémy Cointreau move hints at CEO succession plan - analyst

“The appointment of Frédéric Pflanz to COO is likely to arrange Jean-Marie Laborde’s succession as CEO in time," Chow said.

Eighteenth-century Cognac fetches £17k at Christie's

The buyer was from Europe, Christie's said.

French PPR acquires Chinese luxury brand

China has become a very large market for luxury and will become even larger

Aston Martin planning to invest $1 billion

The cash injection will help Aston Martin better compete with Volkswagen's Bentley and rival UK luxury car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover, which was bought by India's Tata Motors in 2008 and has since seen huge sales growth, especially in China.

Harry Winston CEO says to keep luxury brand for now

Company eyes eventual sale or spin out of retail arm

Britons Spend Big on Luxury Without Covering the Basics

The figures collected by LV suggest that British households do have plenty of room to manoeuvre in terms of cut-backs and financial management, but the professionals advocate a wholesale change of attitude with relation to life insurance in order to avoid

Luxury brand enters India

The brand has entered India through a long-term license agreement with Reliance Brands and will be available across 20 exclusive stores in India over the next 3-5 years.