darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 21/05/2025What the luxury industry is worried about, and what it should be worried about are not necessarily aligned. That’s what we leaned at this week’s #FTLuxury summit in Barcelona open.substack.com/pub/darkluxu... 012
darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 09/05/2025Art dealer and BBC Bargain Hunt expert Oghenochuko Ojiri leaves court after admitting that he failed to report a series of art sales to a man linked to proscribed terror group Hezbollah He’s one of the subjects of today’s newsletter later today open.substack.com/pub/darkluxury 021
Reposted by @darkluxury.newsConrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 06/05/2025UK and India trade deal obviously a massive deal for the Scotch industry, and a quite nice perk for luxury car makers in the UK like JLR, Rolls-Royce and Bentley But overall it's expected to have a teeny tiny impact on GDP by 2040: a £4.8 billion increase in GDP, or 0.1% www.gov.uk/government/p...gov.ukTechnical note of the preliminary economic impacts of the UK-India Free Trade Agreement 011
darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 04/04/2025How will Trump's tariffs affect luxury businesses? Let us count the ways 110
darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 03/04/2025‘There is going to be pain’ Dark Luxury spoke to a dozen Lamborghini dealers in the US about the prospect of Trump's 25% tariffs Here's what they said they said 🧵 101
darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 28/03/2025London's raids on fake luxury retailers are missing the target Luxury brands spend millions to try and prevent the sale of fake luxury goods, and police often raid stores in London to try and stop retailers... 101
darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 19/03/2025Things went a bit crazy in the mass luxury world in the last week www.darkluxury.news/p/bernard-ar...darkluxury.newsHas mass luxury gone mad?Huge moves everywhere all at once 000
darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 07/03/2025How to avoid price drops, why should avoid "faster" handbags, and why not all "newness" is novel A guide to luxury handbags as an asset class www.darkluxury.news/p/hermes-bir...darkluxury.newsBlue chip BirkinsThe secrets of managing a multi-million pound luxury handbag portfolio. 001
darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 05/03/2025In luxury just two per cent of customers are responsible for 40 per cent of sales Why luxury is in its Marie Antoinette era open.substack.com/pub/darkluxu...open.substack.comLuxury’s Marie Antoinette eraLet them wear dupes 001
darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 26/02/2025Harassment, abuse, low pay and HR in the pocket of the CEO. This report by @bectu.bsky.social about what it’s really like working in the UK fashion industry is a must-read. open.substack.com/pub/darkluxu...open.substack.comThe Devil Wears Prada is for realThe UK fashion industry is rife with harassment, abuse, low pay, and nepotism, according to a new survey 001
darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 23/02/2025A loaded gun in a shoplifter’s bag Suspected street gang members and drug dealers spending stacks of cash Pickpockets collaborating with fraudsters Dark Luxury can exclusively reveal the rampant criminality operating in Selfridges, one of the world’s most luxurious department stores 110
darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 14/02/2025Journalists worry about AI taking over their jobs and copying their articles. Hermès CEO Axel Dumas implied that dupe makers copying his bags is exactly the same. 100
darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 05/02/2025Our investigation into how Chinese gangs smuggle Louis Vuitton handbags out of Europe, and cash in 21% VAT refunds is now live on Jing Daily jingdaily.com/posts/china-...jingdaily.comChina luxury gray market: Gangs recruit tourists to fuel $100B underground trade | Jing DailyHow Chinese gangs exploit the price differences between handbags sold in Europe and China, and inflate profit via VAT refunds. 101
darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 31/01/2025Chinese gangs are tricking Louis Vuitton staff to get cheaper handbags to service the $100 billion grey market. @darkluxury.news can exclusively reveal the gangs' latest innovation: cashing in extra profit by fraudulently claiming EU VAT refunds on those purchases. 101
darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 30/01/2025Billionaire LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault announced his company's financial results for 2024 this week, and what he didn’t say was perhaps as important as what he did He dodged a question about US tariffs, instead criticising French taxes He also not-so-subtly marked his childrens' homework... 101
darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 24/01/2025Exclusive: Savile Row's Kilgour is coming back from the dead Famous for dressing Cary Grant in North by Northwest in its heydey, it's the latest chapter in the messy rise, fall, and now, rise again of this famous menswear brand www.darkluxury.news/p/savile-row...darkluxury.newsSavile Row's Kilgour is coming back from the deadThe tailor which made Cary Grant's suit in North by Northwest is under new ownership 001
darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 20/01/2025Paris Match (owned by Arnault) has been publishing favourable articles about Trump for weeks. Meanwhile, Arnault’s son, Alexandre, was at Trump’s Madison Square Gardens rally where a comedian made not-very-nice jokes about Puerto Ricans. And now the family has great seats at the inauguration. 000
darkluxury.news @darkluxury.news · 17/01/2025Pitti Uomo is the slightly chaotic, sometimes silly, but ultimately very serious trade show in Florence, Italy for the menswear industry. 🧵 101
Reposted by @darkluxury.newsConrad Quilty-Harper @cqh.bsky.social · 15/01/2025The potential shutdown of TikTok is forcing luxury media agencies to secure refunds or re-route millions of dollars of advertising spending, and that’s all before the ban comes into effect. Full story on @darkluxury.news open.substack.com/pub/darkluxu...open.substack.comTikTok's looming US shutdown has 'serious' implications for luxury marketingPlus: A guide to Xiaohongshu, or Red Note, the app "TikTok refugees" are flocking to ahead of the shutdown. And a short preview of Pitti. 001
