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Carol Ryan

ARTICLES BY CAROL RYAN

A 6100 'Dragon' Rolex watch is being auctioned during Sotheby's Luxury Week sale in New York City, U.S., December 5, 2025. (File Photo: Reuters)

The wait list for a Birkin or Rolex is getting shorter

5 min read . 26 Jan 2026

The rise of oil on water comes from multiple sources. There has been a surge from sanctioned producers Russia, Iran and Venezuela. (File Photo: Reuters)

A billion-barrel oil glut is forming at sea

3 min read . 10 Dec 2025

The US has blacklisted Russia’s Rosneft PJSC and Lukoil PJSC in an effort to cut off revenue Moscow needs for its ongoing war in Ukraine. (File Photo: Reuters)

Sanctioned Russian oil will find new ways to flow

3 min read . 25 Oct 2025

A New Jersey employee of luxury reseller The RealReal inspects a Louis Vuitton bag to verify its authenticity.

Luxury brands’ stiffest competition is the stuff they have already sold

4 min read . 20 Oct 2025

Oil storage tanks in Mumbai. Russia cut the price of its oil to win back Indian customers.

The black market for oil blunts Trump’s India tariffs

3 min read . 02 Sept 2025

Coach has been targeting younger shoppers. (File Photo: Bloomberg)

Sorry Europe, American luxury brands are in

4 min read . 29 Aug 2025

Andy Warhol’s ‘Turquoise Marilyn.’

The worst performer in billionaires’ portfolios? Trophy art.

4 min read . 18 Jul 2025

Photographs by Bobby Doherty

Inside the shadowy, lucrative business of ‘superfake’ luxury handbags

9 min read . 12 Jul 2025

A man looks at flames rising from an oil storage facility after it was hit by an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, early Sunday, June 15, 2025. (Photo: AP)

If Iran’s oil is cut off, China will pay the price

2 min read . 17 Jun 2025

A case displayed at a Louis Vuitton store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, California, US. (File Photo: Bloomberg)

For luxury brands, there are no replacements as China and the US falter

5 min read . 16 May 2025

New construction of high-end apartments is easing as developers hit the brakes until the existing glut is absorbed. (Bloomberg)

The U.S. has more fancy apartments than it is able to fill

4 min read . 10 Jan 2025

Wasteful packaging looks vulnerable to further crackdowns. (AFP)

Driving an EV? Big oil hopes you don’t cut down on plastic too

4 min read . 24 Dec 2024

Designer brands have historically increased their prices at twice the rate of overall inflation. (Mint)

Customers are quitting luxury brands as price hikes go too far

4 min read . 28 Nov 2024

Sales of the eight luxury brands that have so far reported their third-quarter results are down 4% on average from a year earlier.(Image: Pixabay)

Has luxury lost its shine?

5 min read . 08 Nov 2024

Luxury shoppers have become more selective as they have less money to splurge. (Image: Pexel)

Gucci has problems. The biggest may be a safe new look

3 min read . 24 Oct 2024

Shares in LVMH fell 7% on Wednesday morning after the world’s biggest luxury company released third-quarter results that were worse than expected. (File Photo: Bloomberg)

Luxury’s last growth engine has stalled

2 min read . 16 Oct 2024

Luxury spending in China has traditionally been correlated with home prices. (Bloomberg)

China’s ghost cities are a problem for Europe’s luxury brands, too

3 min read . 08 Oct 2024

A Rocking Horse bag in the window of a Burberry Group Plc luxury boutique in London, UK. (Photo: Bloomberg)

The $1,000 ‘micro’ handbags luxury brands are pinning their hopes on

3 min read . 30 Sept 2024

The latter was basically founded as an anti-OPEC 50 years ago to represent energy consumers a year after that cartel’s oil embargo quadrupled global crude prices. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (REUTERS)

The high-stakes spat over how much oil the world really needs

3 min read . 25 Sept 2024

A Kering-operated Saint Laurent store in Shanghai. Luxury brands’ first-half sales declined 5% on average in China. Photo: Raul Ariano/Bloomberg News

Luxury brands’ new snag? Handbag arbitrage

4 min read . 13 Sept 2024