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In a high-end market driven by novelty, durability has almost become an overlooked value — but for TUMI, it is one of the brand’s most valuable assets.

Luxury clients are leaving and the bottom half of the industry is contracting. So why do brands remain trapped in a failing strategy?

Geely, China’s third-largest automaker by vehicle sales, is a key player in Zhejiang’s automotive ecosystem. The coastal ...

Solid fragrance is gaining ground in China, blending portable, collectible designs with discreet, ritualized application.

Data due Monday is expected to reveal the country’s worst consumer spending on record outside the pandemic.

A 200 million euros share buyback program announced Monday could increase Frasers Group’s stake to about 27% from 25%, Bloomberg Intelligence analysts Andrea Ferdinando Leggieri and Deborah Aitken ...

The Shanghai Grand Prix sold out and Chinese fans are young and spend on experience. Yet the response from brands is mute.

Cultural erosion is accelerating luxury’s quiet brain drain — and the gap between external aspiration and internal reality is a growing strategic liability.

Iranian airspace closures have added hours to flights, spiked fuel costs, and handed European and Asian carriers a window to reclaim long-haul routes.

The first generation of Chinese brands in Europe did not experiment — they institutionalized presence. Trailblazers such as ...

From boardroom maneuvering to a copyright battle, this week’s stories reveal the shifting power dynamics shaping the consumer economy.