Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA

January 16, 2018

In Watches, Swapping a Motor Sport Focus for the High Seas

Advertisement Jean-Marc Pontroué has mixed feelings about leaving the Swiss watch brand Roger Dubuis, after six years as its chief executive, to take the same role […]
September 19, 2017

Richemont Opens an Innovation Lab in Switzerland

In today’s challenging retail climate, top watch brands are searching for any edge they can find. So the Swiss luxury giant Richemont has opened a research […]
May 9, 2017

On the Runway: Can Coach Create an American Fashion Empire?

Vanessa Friedman ON THE RUNWAY In 2000, a company called Pegasus Apparel Group was founded with private equity money and a big idea: Buy a group […]
March 25, 2017

How High Can the Haute Jewelry Market Go?

The luxury market, once considered immune to the twists and turns of the economy, has a weak spot, as the high-end watch industry knows all too […]
March 23, 2017

Watch Archives Prove Their Worth

When three guests spent more than $4 million on new Jaeger-LeCoultre watches during a recent visit to the company’s heritage gallery in Switzerland, their host, Philippe […]
March 23, 2017

Piaget’s New Chief Executive on Glass Ceilings and Vision

Women are underrepresented generally in high-level management positions, and the luxury watch and jewelry industry is no exception. Some brands are aware of the imbalance in […]
March 23, 2017

It’s Graff, but Not a Diamond in Sight

The new MasterGraff Structural Skeleton Automatic is unmistakably Graff, yet there isn’t a diamond in sight. The high jewelry house lays claim to some of the […]
March 10, 2017

Chloé Names Natacha Ramsay-Levi as Creative Director

The Chloé girl is dead; long live the Chloé girl. On Friday, the French brand, owned by Compagnie Financière Richemont, named Natacha Ramsay-Levi as its creative […]
December 7, 2016

A New Foundation, Backed by Richemont, Focuses on Craftsmanship

LONDON — “Our society today honors all the wrong people. Those who do good now live on the last pages of the newspaper. Then there are […]