Palm Springs fashion designer Trina Turk added shoes and activewear to her line in the spring, and she is now introducing a handbag collection for the fall. Turk’s designs are known for their playful prints and retro southern California chic. Turk decided to design handbags because her company had been purchasing them from other sources […]

Italian handbag maker Furla is hoping to more than double its sales in the next five years. The company plans to do that by opening new stores and making inroads into the affordable luxury market. Furla is considering taking on debt or listing its stock in order to raise revenue to open new stores. Furla’s […]

Fashion blogger Tina Craig, who has reviewed thousands of handbags, has launched her own handbag line called Snob Essentials. She has tried to create handbags that address features that she believes are lacking in other handbags. Craig’s handbags are designed to be fashionable, functional, high quality, and a good value. She designed them to appeal […]

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton and Hermes surprised the luxury goods industry when they reached an unexpected settlement in a long-running battle on September 3. The two companies had been locked in a four-year legal “handbag war.” LVMH, the world’s leading luxury group, agreed to relinquish most of its 23.2 percent stake in Hermes and […]

Representatives of handbag maker Pink Tulips attended a special celebrity gifting event hosted by the Borgnine Group to celebrate the 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Pink Tulips was hand-picked to participate in the celebrity event, which included the stars of hit shows including True Blood, The Middle, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Raising Hope, […]