Verena Sepp

  • People passing the Louis Vuitton store on Bond Street which has seen a recent drop in demand for luxury goods and with some stores deciding to move out on 4th February 2024 in London, United Kingdom. Bond Street is one of the principal streets in the West End shopping district and is very upmarket and has been a fashionable shopping street since the 18th century. The rich and wealthy shop here mostly for high end fashion and jewellery. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)Finance

    Trouble lies ahead for European luxury brands and car makers as China’s slowdown hurts profits, share prices, valuations and jobs

    By Kit Rees, Verena Sepp, and others
  • a sign in a cemetery points to a crematoriumFinance

    Private-equity-backed firm buys up crematoriums and funeral homes to cash in on Europe’s aging population. ‘It’s an infrastructure play’

    By Verena Sepp, Eyk Henning, and others