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Nov. 25, 2020

The Île de Ré has been producing fleur de sel for generations, and the work is still done by hand. Most mornings, 49-year old Michèle Jean-Bart takes her two dogs and bikes to work, cycling about a mile over the pancake-flat countryside where she…

Nov. 21, 2020

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The Devil Sells Prada

Vogue editor and socialite Lauren Santo Domingo had dreams of disrupting Net-a-Porter. But in fashion there’s fantasy, and then there’s cold reality Reading Time: 10 minutes It was the 2013 Met Ball where everything started to go wrong. The first…

Nov. 20, 2020

Business Insider

Vacationers already devote 35% of cruise trip budgets to onboard retail purchases — and experts say pandemic protocols will only make duty-free retail more pivotal

Lutz Bongarts/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Luxury retail is a major money maker for cruise lines — for example, one expert predicted it to make up $300…

Nov. 14, 2020

Business Insider

A single bottle of rare whiskey can auction for $1 million or more, but the market is ripe with fraud. Scotland researchers are racing to build groundbreaking technology to identify fakes.

Alasdair Clark This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Counterfeit drinks cost the UK economy upwards of £200 million in 2018, the EU Intellectual Property Office reported. Rare…

Nov. 10, 2020

BBC

Scilly: Britain’s Mediterranean-like isles steeped in myth

The mere mention of King Arthur makes most people think of Guinevere, Lancelot and the sword in the stone. But what about the Isles of Scilly? This cluster of islands 28 miles off Cornwall’s tip is where some believe the legendary English king is…

Nov. 8, 2020

Robb Report

Why Travelers Are Moving the Home Office Abroad to Work Even More Remotely

Segera Retreat It’s mid-October, and Kim and Ian Treibick are racing to wrap up their lives in the upscale coastal community of Riverside, Conn. The couple have just four days before they move onto their new boat, a Fleming 65, and cast off to cruise…

Nov. 8, 2020

Robb Report

From Fiji to Thailand: 4 Prime Vacation Destinations That Are Only Open to Private Jets

Kevin Bosc/Unsplash As tourism slowly restarts across the world, some countries are looking to minimize Covid-19 rates while maximizing visitors’ impact on their economies by opening solely to private jets. It’s a canny move: According to industry…

Nov. 5, 2020

Business Insider

Duty-free shopping, luxury retail's money-making secret, has been upended by halted travel, and brands have been forced to get creative to keep airport sales up

EyesWideOpen/Contributor/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Luxury retailers have benefitted in the past from setting up shop in airports as duty-free businesses,…

Oct. 29, 2020

Business Insider

How the pandemic has changed the relationship between the ultra wealthy and their hired help, from months spent isolating together to a surge in demand for nannies

Jacobs Stock Photography Ltd / Getty Images The pandemic has altered the relationship between the ultra wealthy and their hired help. Business Insider spoke to three recruiters who work with high net worth individuals, and they all agree there's been…

Oct. 22, 2020

Robb Report

The 39 Best New Luxury Hotels to Visit in 2021

Courtesy of Rosewood Travel, at least as we knew it, was on pause for much of this year—and many planned hotel openings delayed by a year or more thanks to the pandemic and slump in demand. As a result, though, 2021 looks to likely to be jampacked…

Oct. 18, 2020

Robb Report

26 World-Class Architects and Designers Imagine New Blueprints for Post-Pandemic Living

When considering the lingering, long-term global effects of Covid-19, think of how it might change the home, as the pandemic’s aftershocks reshape the feel, form and function of how we live. The influence is likely to be radical, thanks…

Oct. 9, 2020

Financial Times

High-tech horticulture and the inner life of plants

Many people might talk to their plants, Prince Charles-style, urging them to grow, perhaps, or perk up slightly. Imagine, though, if that plant could reply — not just talking but by sharing its feelings. That’s the idea behind Lua, a new smart pot…

Oct. 8, 2020

Bloomberg Pursuits

On the Road Again? Pack These Two Things to Save Your Back

Designer Stephen Burks at Salone del Mobile 2018 in Milan. At Bloomberg Pursuits, we love to travel. And we always want to make sure we’re doing it right. So we’re talking to globe-trotters in all of our luxury fields—food, wine, fashion, cars, real…

Oct. 6, 2020

Business Insider

$95,000 bespoke fragrances, $350 vintage reds, and an unseasonable boost in engagement rings: Some high-end sectors have been seeing a surge during the pandemic

Westend61 / Getty Images During lockdown, many wealthy Americans saw little impact on their incomes. At the same time, their outgoings cratered: Galas and charity events were canceled and vacations nixed. As a result, some high-end industries — think…

Oct. 1, 2020

Bloomberg Pursuits

It’s Not Marketing. These 18 Products Are Truly Limited Editions

Source: Vendors Source: Vendors A McDonald’s sandwich and an Hermès handbag may sound like improbable counterparts, but the appeal of both arises from the same impulse: scarcity. That five-figure status purse is so hard to buy it’s supposedly sold…

Sep. 29, 2020

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I became a US citizen so I could vote in the 2020 election

Trump’s election nudged me to consider my immigration status, especially as its anti-foreigner rhetoric grew louder and harder-edged In Brits Abroad, a series from i, we’ll be hearing from Brits living all over America on what life amid the 2020 US…

Sep. 26, 2020

Business Insider

How the pandemic made summer 2020 the summer of hotel buyouts for wealthy travelers

Cape Arundel Inn All-property buyouts, where one family or group rents out every single room, gained new urgency — and appeal — during the pandemic-constrained summer season. From inns on the coast of Maine to island resorts, buyouts presented an…

Sep. 25, 2020

Business Insider

Inside the exclusive world of 'clienteling,' where VVIPs get first pick on discounts and retailers like Bergdorf Goodman and Saks get to unload their overstock to premium customers

Scott Olson/Staff/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Premium stores are increasingly offering their best customers secret presales, where regulars can pick and…

Sep. 22, 2020

Bloomberg Pursuits

Travel Guru Geoffrey Kent Explains Why You Never Go Running in the Bush

An elephant in the Pafuri game reserve in Kruger National Park, South Africa. At Bloomberg Pursuits, we love to travel. And we always want to make sure we’re doing it right. So we’re talking to globe-trotters in all of our luxury fields—food, wine,…

Sep. 22, 2020

Business Insider

Brick-and-mortar stores are embracing dynamic pricing to compete with online retailers, and experts say consumers are more receptive to changing prices than they think

Tom Werner/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. ESLs, or electronic shelf labels, use e-paper to display prices that can then be changed, giving brick-and-mortar…