What's the deal with this department store that's 'not a department store'?
Printemps, a French department store that just opened its first New York outpost in lower Manhattan, is aiming to do what few stores of its ilk have lately done in that area: stay in business.
As bitcoin soars, luxury brands consider accepting crypto payments
PARIS (Reuters) - Bitcoin’s soaring value has caught the attention of high-end fashion brands and retailers, prompting further interest in offering cryptocurrencies as a means of payment to tap in to fresh pockets of wealth and build loyalty with crypto investors.
Unbowed by COVID-19, Paris store lights up Christmas display
PARIS (Reuters) - Shoppers are not allowed inside, and the pavement outside is nearly empty, but the French capital's Printemps department store lit up its Christmas window display on Tuesday because - global epidemic or not - it is an annual tradition.
CDL buys Hilton Paris hotel for US$260mil
City Developments Limited (CDL) has acquired Hilton Paris Opera Hotel from funds managed by Blackstone for €240mil (US$260mil).
Alessandro Michele leaves Gucci after successful run as creative director
Designer Alessandro Michele, the person credited with having turned Gucci into a hit fashion brand with younger generations, is leaving the Italian label.
Victoria Beckham debuts at Paris Fashion Week, but will this help her brand?
The former Spice Girl, 48 – who has been away from the runway for two years – joins Paris Fashion Week after a long stint presenting her clothes in New York and a brief dalliance with London.
Queues at barber shops as France eases coronavirus lockdown
PARIS (Reuters) - People eager to get a haircut stood in line outside barber shops and department stores selling gifts and Christmas decorations were busy on Saturday as France partially reopened following a month-long lockdown.
Paris boulevards deserted as lockdown claims Christmas shopping trade
PARIS (Reuters) - Boarded-up windows outside flagship branches of department stores Galeries Lafayette and Printemps bore testimony on Saturday to the impact of a COVID-19 lockdown in Paris.
Insight - These US$4,400 sneakers are the new stilettos
ON A chilly, gray afternoon, what strikes shoppers in the Jimmy Choo’s store on rue Saint-Honoré in Paris aren’t the Avril stiletto shoes with Swarovski crystals that sell for €3,495 (US$4,250) but rather the pair of crystal-encrusted Diamond black sneakers that are €100 more expensive.
EU offers an Ode to Spring to soothe coronavirus nerves
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission closed its daily briefing in Brussels on Tuesday with a poem, to bring some cheer amid the coronavirus gloom.
Covid-19 spares no luxury, even Harrods has to adapt
Within London, Harrods has always dismissed the idea of branching out from its luxury shopping emporium in the exclusive Knightsbridge district – that is until Covid-19 hit.
