Is the booming dupes market a wake-up call for luxury brands?  

Fake luxury handbags displayed outside a store in Turkey.

Counterfeits and copycat designs have always been prevalent in the luxury market, but a booming dupes trend is making it harder for luxury houses to justify sky-high prices. Coupled with a decrease in consumer spending power, could this be a tipping point?    The counterfeits now coming to market bring a sophistication and quality not previously […]

The ultra-luxury playbook: Cracking the code of the world’s wealthiest travellers 

An opulent luxury hotel suite lounge.

Who is the new ultra-luxury traveller? Reports and trends pieces abound, and with them, confusion and contradiction.  Just eighteen months ago, The New York Times was heralding the ubiquity of ‘quiet luxury’ and ‘stealth wealth’, in which ultra luxury status is coded and telegraphed almost invisibly. In 2025, we’re seeing feverish talk in the Financial […]