Archives: February 2008

LVMH Doesn't Need a Tiffany Wedding Ring

Posted by: Charles DuBow on February 27, Categories: Luxury Retailers

One of my favorite sections in the Wall Street Journal is the daily column from breakingviews.com, a London-based financial analysis site run by my old friend and the former editor...

The Best of the Baltics

Posted by: Charles DuBow on February 20, Categories: Travel Trends

St. Petersburg's Hotel Astoria at night (right). Planning a business or pleasure trip to the Baltics in the near future? You're in luck. Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report has just...

SAC's Cohen Looking for a Suite Deal with Orient-Express

Posted by: Charles DuBow on February 19, Categories: Haute Hotels

UPDATED: The jockeying is intensifying around Orient-Express Hotels (OEH) as investors hope that a sale will lead to a big pay day. Last week I blogged that activist investor D.E....

D.E. Shaw Takes Largest Stake in Orient-Express Hotels

Posted by: Charles DuBow on February 13, Categories: Haute Hotels

Luxury travel company Orient-Express Hotels (OEH) has a new largest shareholder--and the current management may not be too pleased. According to Jon Ogg blogging on AOL, an SEC filing has...

French Bordeaux: High-Priced Whines?

Posted by: Charles DuBow on February 12, Categories: The Booze Biz

Think you're paying too much for that bottle of Bordeaux? You aren't alone. In a recent article in French magazine la Revue du Vin de France Alain-Dominique Perrin, the former...

Prada IPO a Go?

Posted by: Charles DuBow on February 08, Categories: Fashion Business

A report from Reuters this morning says that Prada is likely to take itself public this year. This comes despite Tommy Hilfiger's decision to temporarily shelve its IPO and growing...

The Return of Exclusivity

Posted by: Charles DuBow on February 07, Categories: Global Wealth

Louis Vuitton in Houston--Too much of a good thing? At a time when many people are bemoaning the death of affordable luxury, one has to wonder whether there isn't...

Diageo Downs Ketel One But No Absolut Chaser

Posted by: Charles DuBow on February 06, Categories:

Diageo (DEO) is in Dutch--but in a good way. After months of flirting with buying Absolut vodka from the Swedish government, the world's largest wine & spirits company announced this...

What the Zell? Has the Commerical Property Market Hit Bottom?

Posted by: Charles DuBow on February 05, Categories: Haute Hotels

Starwood's St. Regis hotel in NYC--prime real estate. Is the end in sight for the current downturn in commerical property values? Chicago real estate billionaire Sam Zell may be...

Fashionably Low Earnings for Polo Ralph Lauren?

Posted by: Charles DuBow on February 04, Categories: Fashion Business

Polo anyone? Anyone? On Wednesday, Feb. 6, Polo Ralph Lauren (RL) will announce its third-quarter earnings and the consensus seems that the fashion giant's newest line should be called...