Brilliant Cut
Knowing is a luxury | 1.06.25
Just the right amount of hand-picked luxury marketing news and market intelligence
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→ (UBS) 6 Insights from The Art Basel and UBS Survey of Global Collecting 2024: How have collector habits evolved in 2023 and the first half of 2024? What's the impact on art collecting of the wealth transfer between generations? Read more
→ (Jing Daily) The most telling data about China’s luxury market in 2024: China’s luxury market in 2024 faced a significant slowdown driven by economic stagnation, a real estate crisis, and rising outbound shopping. Read more
→ (Fashion Network) High-profile designer moves show how much luxury is hurting: Fashion brands are going through creative directors like football managers. That's not a good look for the industry. Read more
→ (Reuters) Inside luxury goods' broken audit system: A Reuters investigation reveals systemic shortcomings in the Italian luxury supply chain, spotlighting Dior. Read more
→ (Luxuo) 2024 Collaborations & The Art of Successful Partnerships: The strategies behind 2024’s most iconic brand collaborations in the fashion, beauty, jewelry, and lifestyle industries. Read more
→ (MSN) 2025 F1 Season Sees Rolex Replaced as New Watch Brand Begins $1.5Billion Partnership: The 2025 Formula 1 season will see a huge change in partnerships as TAG Heuer steps in as the official timekeeper, replacing Rolex. Read more
→ (WSJ) Natural Diamonds Had a Rough Year—Some Hope to Restore Their Shine: Lab-grown diamonds are gaining share, but they might be getting too cheap and large. Read more
→ (Robb Report) Rolls-Royce Is Still Committed to an All-Electric Future, the Marque’s North American CEO Says: Before leaving his role with the marque, Martin Fritsches also discusses his tenure and the lessons he has learned. Read more
→ (Hermès on Instagram) Drawn to craft – Introducing Hermès 2025 theme of the year: Read more
Flash Stats: Swiss watch exports in November fell 3.8 percent year-on-year to 2.4 billion Swiss francs, even falling slightly below the level of 2022’s matching period. November had been record-breaking months for the past two years. Bar the U.S., which showed a 4.7 percent increase, all the major markets for Swiss watches shrunk in November - Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry
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