Luxury Briefing.

A round-up of circulation figures and analysis for UK magazines, newspapers and other forms of media over the past year

In a little under 20 years ANYA HINDMARCH has successfully established a global brand founded on practical, beautiful and fashionable handbags. The business now has 48 stores and shop-in-shops in 11 countries, and has expanded into luggage, and a small clothing and shoe collection. Energy, creative vision and technological expertise have all been important factors; the brand DNA, however, comes back to what works for her

A traditional Parisian tea salon, redolent with nostalgia and a sense of ‘temps perdu’, can be made to work for the 21st century, as the owner of Ladurée, DAVID HOLDER, is proving. Now the originators of the macaroon are taking the art de vivre a step further with almond-based body products and other lifestyle objects, to ensure that the name stays with us long after the taste of a ‘St-Honoré à la pistache’ has become a memory, as Kate Patrick discovers

Meet Dehouche: two British entrepreneurs who figured that reasonably affluent Europeans and Americans were missing a trick when it came to holiday experiences. They’ve set up in Rio, going beneath Brazil’s sultry skin to create meticulously-researched, authentic, off-the-beaten-track but thoroughly luxurious itineraries for people who want to inject a little soul into their leisure time. Kate Patrick reports

In Milan’s fashion quarter there’s a surprise waiting: an old-world family business founded on products for cutting and shaving. It’s moved on since 1929 – but only a little. The offering is wider, but the original values of quality and craftsmanship remain paramount. MAURO LORENZI, grandson of the founder, shares his philosophy with Kate Patrick

'Russia has grown into a significant centre for the luxury goods market. This was reflected recently by...

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SIPPING mojitos on the panoramic roof of the Saratoga, Havana’s latest, well, actually, its first, luxury hotel, I wondered if...