The recent scandals involving Rupert Murdoch and the News Corporation have the potential to affect the company’s ad sales for its publications such as The Wall Street Journal or The New York Post, although some experts doubt that possibility.
The hubbub in Washington regarding the Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act still has some experts unclear as to whether or not law enforcement on counterfeit goods can do anything to stop the so-called cultural phenomenon.
French fashion house Louis Vuitton is cementing its status as a luxury watchmaker with the acquisition of long-time partner La Fabrique du Temps.
After the recession hit the luxury industry, most companies were reluctant to take risks and continue a profitable mergers-and-acquisitons business. However, experts are taking its recent revival as a sign of a recovering industry.
Designer Marc Jacobs has charged former chief operating officer Patrice Lataillade with falsifying the company’s financial performance to increase his personal bonus in the latest legal skirmish between the two.
Luxury conglomerate Compagnie Financiere Richemont is continuing the battle against counterfeit luxury products with a lawsuit against a Pakistani Web site that it claims is an unauthorized retailer. How far do luxury houses have to go to protect themselves?
French fashion house Chanel is being sued by a woman who got a ring stuck on her finger, but it is highly unlikely that the brand should suffer reputational damage, per a lawyer.
Luxury conglomerate LVMH Moet Hennessey Louis Vuitton is stuck in the craw of family-owned scarf and leather-goods maker Hermes. Crying foul is not working – not with that famed collector of luxury houses, Bernard Arnault.
The recently-settled lawsuit against Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. and the United States Polo Association prohibits the sports organization from using its trademark double-horsemen mark when marketing its fragrance line, leading experts to weigh in on why exactly brands defend their fragrance lines so fiercely.
Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and John Kerry (D-MA) introduced the Commercial Privacy bill of Rights of 2011 on April 12, imposing stiff regulations on behavioral targeting and collection of consumer data online, which could dramatically undercut the way that luxury brands market themselves in every channel.
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