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Luxury’s ‘Liberation' day
Trump's tariffs and their impact on watches, superyachts and other luxury goods
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April 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
ALCOHOL

The French federation expects a €800 million decline in wine and spirit exports.

Still, it's not the previously threatened 200 per cent tax.

We'll drink to that.
April 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
SUPERYACHTS

Perhaps the most interesting sector. US owners will probably continue to keep their yachts foreign-flagged, reports Super Yacht Times.

"With ownership often structured through foreign corporations for tax and liability purposes".
April 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
BEAUTY AND PERFUME

The price of a bottle of Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Eau de Parfum could jump by another $35 on top of its $150 sticker price.

However, Jefferies analysts believe that investing beauty could be a smart defensive move as beauty sales have traditionally remained resilient to tariffs.
April 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
PRIVATE JETS

Own or operate a private jet in the US? Expect higher maintenance costs.

Aluminium prices are already in effect. Fuel is exempted, though.
April 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
LUXURY CARS

Higher prices are coming down the line for US customers, if Lamborghini, Audi and Porsche owner Volkswagen follows through on its hints

Ferrari's already said it's hiking prices by 10 per cent

Shipments are also being paused and held at ports, which will hike second-hand prices
April 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
HIGH-END FASHION AND HANDBAGS

Not even Hermès's share price is insulated, at least going by today's share price moves.

LVMH has some safety in its healthy profits and US production

Poor Gucci-owner Kering is being hammered
April 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
WATCHES

JPMorgan analysts see potentially the “most pressure on the Swiss watchmakers” thanks to those surprise 31% tariffs on Switzerland

Watchmakers there are scrambling to deal with watches already in transit to clients

There appears to be some confusion about how they are applied, too
April 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Ultimately, no-one really knows what will happen now that Trump has imposed the tariffs

Best buckle up then
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‘There is going to be pain’
American Lamborghini sales people react to Trump’s proposed tariffs
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April 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
They said customers are "freaking out", that "there will be pain" at dealerships as price rises are likely to be passed on by the manufacturer, and that they expect cancellations

Trump says tariffs will "Make America Wealthy Again", but one dealer said instead that it feels like a tax on the rich
April 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
As one of the most expensive single items an American consumer can buy, their response gives us a flavour of the potential impact of trade tariffs at the upper end of the luxury market
April 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
As an insider told us, “It’s a futile merry-go-round of turning up, seizing stuff, for it to be replaced x number of weeks later”, speaking about anti-counterfeiting raids in Camden

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London's raids on fake luxury retailers miss the target
Dark Luxury reveals how stores selling fake luxury goods in Camden, London are restocked with the same items within 24 hours. So why aren't police targeting the warehouses which supply them?
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March 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Here's a photo taken by Dark Luxury in the shop the next day, showing shelves stocked with what appeared to be counterfeit Marc Jacobs, Valentino and Coach handbags
March 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Dark Luxury can exclusively reveal how much of this activity appears to be missing the mark

Here's a photo taken during a police raid on a shop on Camden High Street in February, showing what appears to be dozens of counterfeit handbags which were seized
March 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM