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The Badar Family Office has bought McLaren Charlotte and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Charlotte. Nobody bought a brand. Somebody bought the place where the brand is finally delivered to the client.
Monterey 2026 closed at a record USD 758.3 million, up 75% on last year. But sell-through was flat at 75%: the same proportion of cars sold, at much higher prices. A supply story wearing a demand headline.
Caribbean hotels closed H1 2026 with record occupancy and more than USD 14 billion in room revenue. The consequence is that the region is being rebuilt as a residential and marina market with hospitality as the anchor.
Jonathan Saunders takes up the role tomorrow, ending nearly five years in which no single person owned Kate Spade’s creative direction. Tapestry is applying the Coach playbook, and the question is whether Kate Spade has the same problem Coach had.
Monterey 2026 closed at a record USD 758.3 million, up 75% on last year. But sell-through was flat at 75%: the same proportion of cars sold, at much higher prices. A supply story wearing a demand headline.
Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Tiffany, Piaget and Buccellati have all put major high jewellery collections into 2026. None of it is designed to generate meaningful revenue, and that is the point.
Yacht branding is positioning, not promotion. Four territories dominate the category, most yards claim all four and own none, and in a market of fewer, larger commissions that choice decides who gets on the shortlist.
Four Seasons has revealed its second yacht, following a first vessel of just 95 suites. Hotel brands have decided the yacht is a hotel that moves, and that proposition is more contestable than the launch material suggests.
New York, London and Miami still dominate private jet volumes. The fastest growth is on Milan to Paris, alpine links and secondary US cities, and that map points at property markets before the property data catches up.
Knight Frank credits the superyacht recovery to the highest new inventory in seven years, not to a surge in buyers. A market that recovers on supply behaves very differently from one that recovers on demand.
