How does luxury work in the era of the internet? During a two-day Luxury Conference sponsored by the International Herald Tribune, key figures such as Frida Giannini (Gucci creative director), Christopher Bailey (chief creative officer at Burberry), Tomas Maier (Bottega Veneta creative director), London-based designer Ross Lovegrove, fashion critic Suzy Menkes (who hosted the event), other experts and 350 paying guests gathered to discuss the subject of techno luxury at the Ritz Carlton in Berlin.

The elite group of high-end stereo system manufactures make superb products that provide the best sound reproduction available on the planet.

The six by four metre listening room is windowless, with a few bookshelves casually mounted on its white walls, a red sofa, and a few chairs with red upholstery installed in front of a grey curtain that acts as a room divider.

Leadership in the era of transparency. A bit of corporate sponsoring or environmental protection here and there no longer does the trick. The public wants corporations to be more accountable than has hitherto been the case. In this article, we propose a way forward.

Many affluent people have the urge to contribute money to a worthy cause. Members of the new generation of philanthropists tend to fund projects that aim to solve social problems via efficiently managed, socially beneficial business ventures.

Here we present the most exciting Swiss watch industry innovations from this year’s trade shows in Geneva and Basel.

Is it really true that luxury goods are immune to crises? Well, it depends. The current crisis has turned out to be something of a two-edged sword for this segment.

There’s actually no such thing as a “luxury goods industry”, since the products and target groups in the various segments differ greatly from each other, and, on closer scrutiny, are far too diverse to make blanket statements about them.