LVMH’s reputation has long been one of a luxury giant that somehow weathers economic storms better than its competitors. This makes it all the more startling a story that for the three months to the end of September, group revenues fell to €19.1 billion (£16 billion) – a 3% decline compared to a year earlier.

Furthermore, the French conglomerate’s fashion and leather goods division – widely seen as a bellwether for the luxury goods industry – saw its sales decline by 5%.

Those…

From the catwalks to the latest collections, the mood has shifted. Here are the six most wearable and lasting trends to invest in for Autumn and Winter 2024

Recently waking to crisper mornings and yellowing leaves I’d forgotten how much I love Autumn. It’s as if we have a biological and symbiotic relationship with the onset of cooler days and shorter nights. It’s this moment that has me instantly emotionally ready for the deeper, richer colour palettes that reflect the change in nature…

Amidst the continued volatility of the global economy exacerbated by various macroeconomic events, investors have been increasingly venturing into alternative investments. Alternative investments do not typically correlate to movements in the stock markets, which means they can be used to diversify portfolios and hedge against volatility. Driven by this rising demand, Preqin,…

The government unveiled its eagerly-awaited Employment Rights Bill earlier this month, as promised within 100 days of taking office. The government says the Bill will “upgrade workers’ rights across the UK, tackle poor working conditions and benefit businesses and workers alike”.

The new Bill is an ambitious piece of legislation that runs to some 150 pages and introduces 28 new employment measures. Many of these were promised in the Labour Party’s pre-election manifesto and confirmed in…

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There may have been a time when the lighting on a bathroom mirror would have seemed almost an afterthought for many people looking to invest in such a product.

But of course, times change! Many of today’s homeowners and interior designers rightly recognise a bathroom mirror as a visual and practical centrepiece of this extremely important part of a home.

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If it seems at times that data security breaches are becoming a more frequent occurrence, this probably shouldn’t be a great surprise. It has been reported that during the fourth quarter of 2023, data breaches resulted in the exposure of over eight million records across the globe.

Company leaders continue to be worried about the scope for data breaches, and it is fair to say an organization’s payroll systems can be an area of particular vulnerability. Those systems are obviously of…

With the still-young Labour Government having been in power for more than a month at the time of typing, transport consultantsand their clients are continuing to see signs of how Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s administration will approach this critically important sector.

However, not all the news impacting on transport planning and infrastructure so far has been positive. Indeed, Chancellor of the…

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Global marine fuel supplier Peninsula is expanding its presence in Middle East markets for conventional bunker fuels, while ramping up the supply of alternative fuels in other regions, a senior executive said.

“We have just launched new physical supply operations in Abu Dhabi and Jebel Ali to complement our existing operation in Fujairah, so we are focused on building significant volume in those ports,” Kenny MacLean,…

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There has been no shortage of evidence lately of the nearly three-year “time of plenty” for luxury brands having firmly come to an end. While 2023 proved a record year for the personal high-end goods market, when it exceeded €1.5 trillion, the leading management consulting firm Bain & Company recently revealed there had been a 1% to 3% decline on a year-over-year basis.

This situation can be blamed on various disruptions – not least the impacts of ongoing wars around the globe, as…

Regular readers of the Shredded-Paper.co.uk blog will know that we have often referenced the multitude of ways in which shredded paper can be used, including as protective packaging for mailed ecommerce orders, cushioning in Easter and Christmas hampers, and so much more.

One potential purpose of shredded paper that doesn’t always get mentioned very often, however, is as bedding for animals such as rats, hedgehogs, rabbits, and other species.

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Amid increasing talk of cutting interest rates, how can you protect your investments?

Amid a cooling US jobs market and declining inflation, it now seems almost certain that the Federal Reserve (‘the Fed’) will cut interest rates in September. The Fed has continued to raise the federal funds rate – the interest rate it charges to its member banks, and a key lever for controlling money supply and inflation – for an unprecedented 11 times over a 16-month period.

Concerns about a…