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☆ How 'quiet luxury' is subtly taking over investor portfolios
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Shreyashi Sanyal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

So what is "quiet luxury"? Quiet Luxury's outperformance over Loud Luxury in 2023. "Hence, in 2023, quiet luxury companies notably outperformed their loud peers by 23% points. According to DBS, a company fall under its categorization of "quiet luxury" if it's understated and focused on high quality, while maintaining exclusivity and scarcity. Loud luxury not in vogue

Persons: Karin Teigl, Kelly, Baum, Jeremy Moeller, Miu Miu, Brunello, Hou Wey Fook, Hermes, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Markus Hansen, Hansen, Goldman Sachs, — Organizations: Getty, DBS Bank, Financière Richemont, Swatch Group, DBS, Richemont, Swatch, CNBC, U.S Locations: VIENNA, AUSTRIA, Asia, South Korea, Japan, India

☆ Ermenegildo Zegna on taking advantage of the 'quiet luxury' trend and post-Covid dress codes
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailErmenegildo Zegna on taking advantage of the 'quiet luxury' trend and post-Covid dress codesErmenegildo Zegna, Ermenegildo Zegna chairman and CEO, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss what Zegna is telling investors about demand for luxury items, how the Asian consumer has performed, and how consumers are dressing.

Persons: Ermenegildo

☆ IPO laggards’ race to the bottom misses the target
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Lisa Jucca | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

A view shows the Milan stock exchange building, as stocks slid in the first hours of trading after fears that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank could trigger a broader financial crisis, in Milan, Italy, March 13, 2023. REUTERS/Claudia Greco Acquire Licensing RightsMILAN, Nov 10 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Italy is scrambling to make its stock market more attractive. Over the past few years, some prominent companies have moved their listing venue abroad. Companies rushing to list in the Netherlands are no doubt attracted by its lax approach to companies with dual voting share classes. Doubts over the sustainability of Rome’s high public debt push up listed companies’ cost of capital, depressing their valuations and making the stock market less appealing.

Persons: Claudia Greco, Giorgia, Rishi, Agnelli, Neil Unmack, Oliver Taslic Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Ministry, Companies, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Financial, Thomson Locations: Milan, Silicon, Italy, Amsterdam, New York, Paris, Italian, Netherlands, Britain, United States, London

☆ SPAC shell games will keep hiding the ball
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Jeffrey Goldfarb | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

It’s more or less how another 216 companies backed into public markets in 2021, according to SPAC Research. They’re on track to miss the mark by more than 40%, delivering only about $55 billion, according to recent forecasts compiled by LSEG. The electric-vehicle industry, for one, was a serial SPAC user whose exuberance sputtered badly. Dressing them up as acquisitions of private firms by listed shell companies enables the participants to play by looser rules. SPAC investors buy shares in the empty vessel before its sponsor and takeover target agree on a valuation.

Persons: Vishal Garg, Better’s, Breakingviews, SPACs, ”, Joel Rubinstein, Donald Trump’s, Spruce, Woodruff Sawyer, Gary Gensler, Ellis, Gensler, Lauren Silva Laughlin, Sharon Lam Organizations: Reuters, & Finance, Research, LSEG, Polestar Automotive, White, The Securities, Exchange Commission, XL Fleet, SEC, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Case, Kirkland, U.S . Securities, Financial Services, Thomson

☆ 'One of the cheapest stocks': Bank of America just upgraded these 3 luxury names in Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Bank of America upgraded three luxury stocks that are bucking the negative trends afflicting the broader sector in Europe. The investment bank expects profit margins to decline by one percentage point for the sector even as third-quarter revenue is seen growing modestly. Meanwhile, the investment bank upgraded Ermenegildo Zegna and Pandora to buy, and Hugo Boss to neutral from underperform. The investment bank believes a similar pattern will likely emerge in Europe with spending on the continent peaking early this year. Despite Pandora shares' 45% rally this year, the Bank of America analyst still considers it "one of the cheapest stocks in all of Consumer Discretionary."

Persons: Prada, Tod, Pandora, Hugo Boss, Ashley Wallace, Wallace, Pandora Wallace Organizations: of America, Bank of America, underperform, Zegna Bank of America Locations: Europe, United States, U.S, China

☆ Italy's luxury groups set aside rivalries to keep it local
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Elisa Anzolin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

SMALL MANUFACTURERS APLENTYItaly is home to thousands of small manufacturers that cover 50-55% of the global production of luxury clothing and leather goods, consultancy Bain calculates. LVMH announced in May it had taken a majority stake in Nuti Ivo Group, an Italian company that has specialised in making leather products since 1955. Kering managing director Jean-Francois Palus said the luxury group is increasingly looking to bring production in house. "Italy has not created a (major) luxury hub, but we have entrepreneurs who have the ability to activate the right relationships at the right time," said Stefania Lazzaroni, general manager at Italian luxury industry association Altagamma. "Italian groups are now more managerialised, more organised and also stronger, which makes them more open to thinking together," he said.

Persons: Luigi Fedeli e, Zegna, Gildo Zegna, Ermenegildo, Kering, LVMH, Jean, Francois Palus, It's, Chanel, Brunello, Stefania Lazzaroni, Prada, Roberto Costa, Bertelli, Elisa Anzolin, Silvia Aloisi, Keith Weir, Jane Merriman Organizations: France MILAN, Prada, Filati Biagioli Modesto S.p.A, Biagioli, Prada Group, Reuters, Bain, Group, Nazionale della Moda, Global Luxury Investment Banking, Citigroup, Thomson Locations: Italy, France, Italian, Monza, Milan, Filati Biagioli, Bertelli, Nuti

☆ Valentino returns to Milan Fashion Week with flowery menswear show
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Models present creations by designer Pierpaolo Piccioli as part of his Spring/Summer 2024 collection show for fashion house Valentino during Men's Fashion Week in Milan, Italy, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Claudia GrecoMILAN, June 16 (Reuters) - Italian luxury house Valentino kicked off Milan Fashion Week's menswear shows on Friday with a lineup combining blazers and coats with shorts, as creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli sought to redefine the meaning of the masculine identity. Valentino, which is controlled by Qatari investment vehicle Mayhoola, presented its menswear collection for spring and summer 2024 in the arched courtyard of Milan's state university. Valentino ditched the co-ed show model - the mixing of men's and women's shows - which it had adopted for the last three years and returned to Milan, where founder Valentino Garavani staged the first Valentino menswear show in 1985. Milan Fashion Week includes 72 events and presentations of menswear collections.

Persons: Pierpaolo Piccioli, Valentino, Claudia Greco MILAN, Valentino Garavani, Giorgio Armani, Prada, Ermenegildo, Elisa Anzolin, Valentina Za Organizations: REUTERS, Milan, Gabbana, Thomson Locations: Milan, Italy

☆ Lightning Round: Higher interest rates could be bad news for Affirm
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLightning Round: Higher interest rates could be bad news for Affirm'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer weighs in on stocks including: ImmunoGen, Affirm, Luminar Technologies, Ermenegildo Zegna, and Avalonbay Communities.

Nudged by private equity funds, those supplying the booming luxury goods industry are now finding strength in unity. Largely family-owned and small in size, these businesses often struggle to meet the changing needs of the luxury brands they work for. "Luxury brands have been growing exponentially: our customers needed us to grow with them," said Nicola Giuntini, whose Tuscany-based company makes luxury coats and jackets for brands including Celine, Burberry (BRBY.L) and Stella McCartney. PRODUCTION NICHESItaly's manufacturing sector has also been a hunting ground for big luxury brands keen to secure their supply chain. Italian private equity firm XENON International, for example, has bet on producers of materials and finishes for luxury items which it has grouped together in MinervaHub.

☆ Estée Lauder Companies is buying Tom Ford in a deal worth $2.8 billion
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Michelle Toh | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

In a landmark deal announced Tuesday, Estée Lauder Companies (EL) said it was acquiring its longtime partner Tom Ford. The deal will allow two of Tom Ford’s current partners, Ermenegildo Zegna and Marcolin, to extend their existing licensing agreements, the companies said. Marcolin will continue making sunglasses and optical frames with the Tom Ford brand. Tom Ford and Estée Lauder have been partners for more than 15 years, launching the Tom Ford Beauty brand together in 2006. Estée Lauder Companies, which is home to other global beauty brands such as Clinique and Bobbi Brown, said Tuesday that it expected annual sales of Tom Ford’s cosmetics line to reach $1 billion “over the next couple of years.”“As an owned brand, this strategic acquisition will unlock new opportunities and fortify our growth plans for Tom Ford Beauty,” Estée Lauder Companies President and CEO Fabrizio Freda said in a statement.

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