Buccellati, Cartier, and Van Cleef & Arpels generated a serious increase in sales for Richemont

In the first six months of the financial year, Richemont luxury Group, the parent company for Buccellati, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Montblanc among others, reported another set of strong results as the momentum seen in the first quarterof the financial year continued into the second quarter. Sales from continuing operations increased by 24% … Read more

The new frontier of AI in luxury: YNAP x Univeristy of Modena launch AI research program

      YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP and the Univeristy of Modena and Reggio Emilia together for the new frontier of AI in luxury. This new research program aims to develop solutions to revolutionize customers’ shopping experience all around the world. As leading company in the use of new technologies, YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP, the most advanced … Read more

Richemont to bring the world’s leading online luxury retailer to Chinese consumers

  Chinese consumers are expected to account for nearly half of the global luxury market by 2025. Swiss luxury goods group Richemont and Alibaba group announce global strategic partnership. This partnership will bring Chinese consumers unprecedented access to the world’s leading luxury brands. Under the partnership, YNAP and Alibaba will establish a joint venture (JV) … Read more

Rare fashion shows now available for streaming on the Bloomsbury Fashion Central

YNAP, the world’s leading online luxury fashion retailer, and Bloomsbury, the dynamic digital hub for interdisciplinary teaching and research in fashion and dress partner to bring Fashion Video Archive to Educational Market. The resource will be made available for streaming on the multi-award-winning Bloomsbury Fashion Central platform in 2019. YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP (YNAP) and Bloomsbury announced a partnership … Read more

Balmain 2.0 to deliver a compelling brand experience to the growing Balmain Army

After being named Balmain CEO in April 2017, one of the first things Massimo Piombini focused on was an acceleration of the luxury fashion house’s digital capabilities to offer an enhanced customer experience. The result of these efforts is a new Balmain digital house. The second-generation Balmain.com aims to deliver a compelling brand and shopping … Read more

Net-a-Porter owner opens tech hub in London

New building in White City shows increased commitment to IT, and the UK, after merger with Italy’s Yoox