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In 2011 the Bulgari family, majority shareholder of the renowned Italian jewellery house established in 1884 by Greek silversmith Sotirio Bulgari, joined forces with the LVMH Group and transferred its majority shareholding in Bulgari SpA. The L3.7bn, all-share deal made the Bulgaris the second largest family shareholder of the LVMH Group. After the acquisition FRANCESCO TRAPANI, great-grandson of the founder, CEO of Bulgari SpA and the driving force behind its success over the past 20 years, was made a member of the LVMH board of directors and appointed President of the LVMH Watch & Jewellery Division. From his position now supervising Bulgari, Chaumet, De Beers, Fred, Dior Watches, Tag Heuer, Zenith and Hublot, he gives LUCY REITER the view from the top of the luxury pyramid.

Nick Foulkes - The luck of the drawer

Today heritage is a term that is used with a sort of wilful abandon. In fact I would guess that ‘heritage of the brand’ fights it out with ‘DNA of the brand’ for the title of most abused marketing cliché...

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Nick Foulkes: It all comes down to fishcakes…

Date: October 2011 (151) Category: Features

There are moments when the passage of time really does make itself felt, like at the lunch I enjoyed the other day at Le Caprice. I was meeting one of my editors and we were discussing the slight freshening up that the place has received to mark the three decades of its current incarnation...

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The Outside Edge: October 2011
Date: 11th Nov 11 Category: Blogs Author: Blogs, Future Lab

RECENTLY we took a trip into the future. It looked a bit like David Lynch (lobby), meets Willy Wonka (sweets)...

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The TAG luxury stock index

Date: October 2011 (151) Category: Features, Telsey Advisory Group

Year-to-date (as of 28 September 2011), the TAG Luxury Stock Index increased 6.6%, well above the major indices which fell...

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Counterspin: The golden rule
Date: 11th Nov 11 Category: Blogs Author: Blogs, Jeffrey Miller

IT’S happening again… just as I sit down to write with the sincere intention of highlighting all the positives, the...

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Web report: luxury humans

Date: October 2011 (151) Category: Features, Web report

WARREN Buffett once made this analogy: if you were offered a car on your 18th birthday and told it could...

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James Cropper Speciality Papers: Paper view

Date: October 2011 (151) Category: Features, Limited Editions Brand: James Cropper Speciality Papers

In this fast, digital world of ours, it’s worth noting that a letter handwritten on superb paper is almost certainly more likely to be noticed and appreciated than an anonymous message in a slew of emails. But you need great paper. As NEIL MCARTHUR discovers, what James Cropper Speciality Papers, est 1845, doesn’t know about luxury paper and packaging isn’t worth knowing

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Worth its wait

Date: October 2011 (151) Category: Autoluxe, Features Brand: BMW

The one they’ve all been waiting for... Since it first appeared in 1984, the M5 has embodied BMW’s brand values...

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New York Retail Property: October 2011

Date: October 2011 (151) Category: Features, New York Retail Property

ON Fifth Avenue, Sperry Top-Sider is coming to no 103, its first store in New York City. Uniqlo continues its...

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London Retail Property: October 2011

Date: October 2011 (151) Category: Features, London Retail Property

BURLINGTON Arcade, one of Britain’s oldest shopping arcades, is set for a multi-million pound restoration, reinstating the historic space as...

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LUXURY BRIEFING LAW SPECIAL

Date: October 2011 (151) Category: Features

Why are luxury brands currently changing hands at such premium prices? How will expensive new internet brand domains actually work? Why are intellectual property and trade marking such hot issues for brands? Luxury Briefing’s commentators have some of the answers in this month’s legal special

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