China is Number 1 In Luxury Watch Demand

Omega is a favorite luxury watch brand in China.

China has surpassed the U.S. as the country with the highest demand for luxury watches based on Internet searches, according to a survey released Wednesday.

China represents 23 percent of all watch-related searches, according to the WorldWatchReport, published by Digital Luxury Group. Gaining the most attention in China is Omega (20.2 percent

Curiosity Killed the Cat but Gives Birth to Great Sales

This is one of a series of articles by Mónica Arias of Excellence Consulting, a luxury sales and marketing consulting firm based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. These articles will focus on ways that sales and marketing professional in the jewelry and luxury industries can improve their techniques.

How important is it to be curious in the sales profession? It’s very. and for many reasons.To

Excellence: The Experience Your Customers Deserve

This is the first in a series of articles by Mónica Arias of Excellence Consulting, a luxury sales and marketing consulting firm based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. These articles will focus on ways that sales and marketing professional in the jewelry and luxury industry can improve their techniques.

So much has been said about improving customer service during the past decades that, given the

Global Luxury Sales Show Renewed Worldwide Strength

Strength in markets around the world is fueling an increase in luxury sales, which are projected to grow worldwide by 8 percent to €185 billion ($276 billion) in 2011, according to a survey released by a global luxury goods consultancy Tuesday in Milan.
The growth of luxury sales in China has been getting most attention lately, but this current rate of growth is also being buoyed by strong

Luxury Demand Fueled Sales for PPR

Multi-brand retailer PPR SA said the performance of its Luxury Group led the way for the first quarter turning in what the company described as a “stellar performance” with revenue surging 26.2 percent to 1.13 billion Euros ($1.68 billion).

Brands in the Luxury Group include the Parisian luxury jeweler, Boucheron, which reported double-digit growth in sales for the period “spurred by a buoyant

Holiday Jewelry, Luxury Sales Show Continued Strength

Reuters

Jewelry sales for the holiday season have increased 2.6 percent year-over-year, according to MasterCard Advisors’ SpendingPulse, which tracks national retail and services sales. Luxury sales, excluding jewelry, are doing slightly better at 2.8 percent.

Jewelry sales have grown steadily in the latter part of the season, according to the report, which tracks sales from October 31 to