Basel, Switzerland

While sales at this year’s fair were uneven, newer players, platforms and art forms offered cause for optimism in a stagnant sector, writes Marc Spiegler.

The fair featured mostly safe, apolitical works, which appeared to play to the mood of buyers.

The watch industry's biggest trade fair is promising an overhaul as attendance plummets. But as brands rely more on direct sales, some question the need for an annual gathering at all.

Swiss watchmakers are confident they can grow sales this year even in the face of a cooling Chinese economy thanks to strengthening demand elsewhere, executives told Reuters at an industry fair on Thursday.

Eighteen to 35 year olds contributed 85 percent of luxury growth last year, finds a new report by UBS.

The world’s largest duty-free seller would gain amid new tariffs.

How can the jewellery industry engage with the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals? BoF hosted a panel discussion in partnership with Chopard to investigate, featuring Cherie Blair, the UN’s Lene Wendland and Phillipe Fornier, general secretary of the Swiss Better Gold Association, among other esteemed peers.

Courting younger shoppers, brands are joining an online push sweeping the luxury goods world, where web sales are already major growth drivers for fashion labels.