Tiffany & Co opens multi-level Flagship Store on the Champs Elysees

Tiffany & Co. Paris Flagship Store Rendering (Photo: Business Wire)

Luxury American jeweller Tiffany & Co. (TIF) today (Monday 05 November, 2012) announced plans to open an important European flagship store in Paris. The approximately 976-square-metre (approximately 10,000 square feet) multi-level store will be located at 62, Avenue des Champs Elysées and is expected to open in 2014.

“This is a significant development and sales opportunity for Tiffany & Co. While we have been successful in operating three smaller stores in Paris, establishing this store on the Champs Elysées will be the ultimate symbol of Tiffany as a truly global luxury brand,” said Frederic Cumenal, executive vice president, Tiffany & Co. “This is a preeminent location that firmly places Tiffany & Co. on an international stage, in the heart of a city where people from all over the world come to visit and shop.”

The opening on the Champs Elysées will mark a new milestone in Tiffany’s connection to Paris which began in 1850 when the company established its first store. At the Paris World’s Fair in 1867, Tiffany & Co. became the first American firm to win an award for the excellence of its silverware. In 1999, Tiffany returned to Paris with a store on rue de la Paix. Charles Lewis Tiffany founded the company with a vision to offer the world the finest diamond jewellery, and this year, Tiffany is celebrating 175 years of design excellence.

The jewellery giants recently unveiled it's platinum and diamond jewellery that it claims "goes to the heart of Valentine's Day". Leading on from my early blog posting New Tiffany & Co team to woo wealthiest jewellery clients

Tiffany & Co. Soleste Engagement Ring, priced from £9,056.01 ($14,400)

Chief among these is the Tiffany Sale Soleste collection, which includes a pendant and ring, both with a cushion-cut white diamond, bordered with white diamonds in platinum and pink diamonds in 18-carat rose gold.

Tiffany & Co. Soleste pendant and ring cushion-cut white diamond, bordered with white diamonds in platinum 18-carat gold 

The Tiffany UK ring with a 4.47-carat pear-shaped fancy pink diamond surrounded by round white diamonds in a platinum setting is priced at £1,257,913.57 ($2 million).

Tiffany & Co. Soleste 4.47-carat pear-shaped fancy pink diamond surrounded by round white diamonds in a platinum setting is priced at £1,257,913.57 ($2 million)

Tiffany & Co. operates jewellery stores and manufactures products through its subsidiary corporations. Its principal subsidiary is Tiffany and Company. The Company operates TIFFANY & CO. retail stores and boutiques in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Japan, Europe and the United Arab Emirates and engages in direct selling through Internet, catalogue and business gift operations. For additional information, please visit www.tiffany.com.

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Burberry Opens in Hong Kong its Largest Store in Asia-Pacific

Burberry Asia Flag Ship Store

Burberry Chief Creative Officer Christopher Bailey hosted an event to celebrate the opening of the new Burberry flagship store in Hong Kong, the brand's largest store in the Asia Pacific region. Over 500 guests attended the event at the Pacific Place store on Nov 2, 2012, including British actress and model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley 25, stepped out in a white and copper strapless cocktail dress from Burberry Prorsum’s spring 2013 collection. The cocktail dress from Burberry Prorsum's spring 2012 collection carried a red beaded box clutch bag and cap-toe court shoes.

The British label's head designer, Christopher Bailey, posed happily with his guest of honour. The Victoria's Secret model had been keeping long-term boyfriend Jason Statham company on the set of Homefront.

Spanning 21,500 sqft over two floors, the store at Pacific Place Mall is the brand's largest in Asia Pacific and the third largest in the world, after its 44,000 sqft store on Regent Street in London and 24,000 sqft store in New York.

The flagship store features a facade built of crystal and a freestanding marble staircase inspired by its World Live flagship on Regent Street. It also brings the digital experience into the physical space, very much like its London flagship store.

The Pacific Place Mall is Burberry's largest store in Asia-Pacific to date.

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Chanel expands in China and Brazil

Chanel- Rue Cambon Paris

Chanel celebrated the opening of its mono brand store in China last week in the city of Dalian, making it the twelfth mono brand store in China.


Hot on it's earlier announcement last month that Chanel will not be launching an e-commerce store the French luxury brand plans to open an additional store in Nanjing by the end of this year.

Unlike it's luxury counterparts the Chanel luxury train shows no signs of slowing down with the exclusive brand house furthering plans to expand in Brazil this year and is set to open a third store in Sao Paolo and in Europe, Chanel is set to open a mono-brand store in Luxembourg by the end of this year also.

Chanel Boutique, located at 51, Avenue Montaigne, Paris

Privately owned by the Wertheimer family, Chanel operates 180 mono-brand stores worldwide, with an estimated turnover of 3 billion euro. Chanel devotees can be assured the brands ethos of bringing the personal touch only experienced in boutique. is expanding.

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Jennifer Lawrence Is The New Face Of Miss Dior

Jennifer Lawrence

Jennifer Lawrence, American actress, who's lead roles in TBS's The Bill Engvall Show and in the independent films The Burning Plain and Winter's Bone, for which she received nominations for the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Satellite Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Award. At age 20, she was the second youngest actress ever to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Now now add another accolade to her mounting recognition, as luxury label Dior announce her as the face of their spring handbag campaign 2013.

Dior Boutique Omotesando 2007

The “Hunger Games” actress Jennifer Lawrence, who attended Dior’s couture show in July, the actress will star in the new Spring Summer 2013 campaign for the Miss Dior handbag line. Jennifer's first Dior campaign this coming spring, with March 2013 magazines.

Miss Dior Bag

Lawrence said she’s still “getting up to speed” on fashion, while adding, “It’s impossible to be in the industry without getting even the slightest introduction to fashion.”

Mila Kunis and Marion Cotillard are among other famous actresses to have fronted advertising featuring the Miss Dior bag. Cotillard has appeared in ads for the Lady Dior bag since 2008 and is slated to continue her association with the French house.

Dior Mila Kunis Ad Campaign bags for Spring-Summer 2012

Sister company Parfums Christian Dior also boasts a number of actresses and actors as ambassadors: Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron, Mélanie Laurent, Sharon Stone, Jude Law and former Bond girl, Sophie Marceau - Asia campaign.

Natalie Portman, Dior

Sophie Marceau is shown in a scene from the 1999 James Bond series film ‘The World Is Not Enough’ 

Jude Law Dior Homme Sport

Sophie Marceau pic courtesy Reuters pic

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Chanel will not be launching e-commerce site

 Chanel confirmed this week that it will not be following the trend of it's luxury counterparts in order to stay true to its ethos. The brand's president of fashion, Bruno Pavlovsky, maintains that its clothes are viewed better in stores, where customers are tended to by staff.

"Our clothes are quite sophisticated and one of our strengths is alterations," Pavlovsky said. "To be able to wear Chanel clothes, you need to try them on. You need to be in the fitting room. You need to have a tailor who alters the clothes to fit exactly to your body. I think it's part of Chanel. It's more than just our service. It's part of our differentiation to have ready-to-wear that is perfect for our customers. What we want today - and the way we use digital - is to have more and more people come to the boutique to see the product, to touch the product, but also to try the product."

Karl Lagerfeld Chanel hula hoop bag Spring Summer 2013

"It's a strategic choice," Pavlosky talking to the Business of Fashion. "It's a choice to say: 'Guys, you can see whatever you want on the internet, but we want you to come to the boutique, because we feel that in the boutique we can give you the right understanding of the brand.' So, yes we could sell handbags on the internet. But my feeling is that it's not qualitative enough and it's not the kind of service that we want to give to our customers - at the moment."

Chanel currently sells fragrance and beauty products digitally, but ready-to-wear and handbags are still only available in boutiques. Although there are "huge" plans to launch an "e-service project" within the next five years, for now, Chanel devotees can rule out any full online shopping experience for the brand.

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Moncler Opens Mono-Brand Store in Budapest

Luxury brand Moncler celebrated the opening of its mono-brand store in Budapest, Hungary.

Moncler, the clothing company of French origin founded in 1952 by French entrepreneur René Ramillon that manufactures high-end down jackets and sportswear celebrated the opening of its mono-brand store in Budapest, Hungary.

The company that took is name from the abbreviation of Monestier-de-Clermont, an Alpine town near Grenoble. In 1993, Italian sportswear manufacturer Pepper Industries purchased the brand and since 2003 it has been owned by a consortium around former Pepper Industries designer Remo Ruffini who is chairman and creative director. 

The Moncler Group, headquartered in Milan, owns other brands such as Henry Cotton’s, Marina Yachting as well as Coast Weber&Ahaus, and holds a license for Cerruti.

Moncler store Budapest Hungary

Moncler Budapest, Hungary. Located on Andrassy Ut, the leading luxury shopping street in Budapest, the Moncler store covers 150 sqm and features both women and men apparel and accessories. The Moncler store opened on the location of the Roberto Cavalli store which closed down almost a year ago. Other luxury mono-brand stores in Budapest include: Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Burberry.

Moncler Torino Turin

This week, Moncler October 2012 also saw its first mono-brand store in the Northern Italian city of Turin (Torino). The Moncler mono-brand store which covers 90 sqm and is situated in the heart of Turin on Via Lagrange, offers the complete range of Moncler collections, men’s, women’s and accessories, Moncler S and Moncler Grenoble. With the two new openings, the store network of the Moncler rises to 83 freestanding boutiques.

Moncler Antwerp Belgium

I have to say I find their bag range uninspiring but having bought a jacket in the January sale store in Bicester village this year, I can understand why they would be the brand of choice on the slopes really warm and comfy and it's high price tag secures it will remain popular with the celebrities like Kanye West and Elle MacPherson being seen in the label. June 2010 saw hip hop Pharrell Williams in a designed collection for the label, firmly ensuring it's 'street cred' and the cool people queuing up to wear the label.

Elle MacPherson Moncler jacket

Kanye West Moncler gillet

Pharrell Williams wearing his Moncler collection Centre Vest June 2010 launch

Moncler registered a 38% increase in sales during the first half of 2012, reaching a total of 155 million euros. The company is working to minimize its exposure in Italy, sales accounting for up to 35% of all sales. Moncler’s performance in Italy has remained stable despite the economic turmoil, thanks to its directly operated stores in the major cities, which target foreign travellers. In Italy, Moncler is aiming to reduce the number of multi-brand stores where it is distributed in Italy from 500 to 300 stores within the next 2 to 3 years.

Moncler looks to be following through on it's plan to open 20 mono-brand stores around the world, by the end of this year, with this one being in Budapest, the total number of mono-brand Moncler stores will thus reach 80. In February 2013, Moncler is planning to open its flagship store in Paris.

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Selfridges to Report on Record-Breaking £1 Billion Sales Xmas window reveal

Selridges Oxford Street Store Front at night London

Iconic department store Selfridges of London is expected to report back on a record breaking 2011, in which it made £1 billion in sales for the first time ever.

Selfridges is also expected to reveal profit up 5 per cent to £133 million this week.(30/10/12)

Speaking to the Sunday Times over the weekend, Selfridges managing director Anne Pitcher said 2012 was also set to be “another good year” despite “difficult” trading during summer, impacted by the effect the Olympics had on high streets across the UK.

The retailer is now said to be preparing for a number of expansions at its flagship Oxford Street store, with the redevelopment of the womenswear and menswear department, alongside the launch of a range of new beauty services.

Selridges festive display 2012

As the big department store begin their seasonal battle for festive window display supremacy I was delighted with Selfridges theme this year.The images are of the store's famous Christmas windows unveiled also this week. The windows feature designs from occasional filmmaker and fashion photographer American Bruce Weber and Anya Susannah Hindmarch MBE. English fashion accessories designer. 

Selridges festive display 2012

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