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HTSI (Financial Times)
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HTSI is the luxury lifestyle magazine of the Financial Times, published as a weekend supplement to the newspaper and online at ft.com/htsi. It was launched in 1994 under the name How To Spend It and was renamed HTSI in 2022, with the publication explaining that the new name reflected a broader editorial scope encompassing how readers spend time and attention as well as money.
The magazine covers fashion, watches and jewelry, travel, cars, art, design, food, and wellbeing for the FT's affluent international readership. Regular formats include The Aesthete, a long-running interview series on personal taste, Technopolis for high-end gadgetry, and extensive seasonal fashion and gift editions. Its photography-led print editions have won repeated industry awards, and the title is regarded within the luxury industry as one of the most influential advertising and editorial environments for reaching ultra-high-net-worth consumers.
HTSI is edited from the Financial Times headquarters in London and appears weekly with the FT Weekend edition, with certain expanded special issues throughout the year dedicated to themes such as watches, travel, and design. The Financial Times, and with it HTSI, is owned by the Japanese media group Nikkei, which acquired the FT in 2015. Online, HTSI articles sit within the FT's website and are subject to the newspaper's subscription model.
The magazine covers fashion, watches and jewelry, travel, cars, art, design, food, and wellbeing for the FT's affluent international readership. Regular formats include The Aesthete, a long-running interview series on personal taste, Technopolis for high-end gadgetry, and extensive seasonal fashion and gift editions. Its photography-led print editions have won repeated industry awards, and the title is regarded within the luxury industry as one of the most influential advertising and editorial environments for reaching ultra-high-net-worth consumers.
HTSI is edited from the Financial Times headquarters in London and appears weekly with the FT Weekend edition, with certain expanded special issues throughout the year dedicated to themes such as watches, travel, and design. The Financial Times, and with it HTSI, is owned by the Japanese media group Nikkei, which acquired the FT in 2015. Online, HTSI articles sit within the FT's website and are subject to the newspaper's subscription model.
Luxury Magazines
HTSI, formerly How To Spend It, is the Financial Times' weekly luxury magazine, launched in 1994. Distributed with FT Weekend and published online, it covers couture, haute horlogerie, travel, design, and collecting, and is considered one of the most influential media environments for reaching ultra-wealthy readers.
Brand Details
Founded
1994
Headquarters
London, UK
Parent Company
Financial Times (Nikkei)
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HTSI benefits enormously from a resource few luxury magazines have: the reporting muscle and global network of the Financial Times behind it. That pedigree shows in coverage that treats fashion, watches, and design with the same rigor and access the FT applies to markets and business, producing profiles and trend analysis with more substance than typical glossy fare. The rebrand from How To Spend It to HTSI in 2022 was a shrewd repositioning, acknowledging that its affluent readership increasingly values curated experience and attention as much as acquisition, without abandoning the recognizable formats, The Aesthete chief among them, that built reader loyalty over three decades. Photography and print production are consistently strong and have earned real industry recognition. Being folded into the FT's subscription paywall is a double-edged sword: it signals confidence in the content's value but limits casual discovery compared with freely accessible luxury titles. Nikkei ownership has not visibly diluted editorial independence. Among weekend luxury supplements, HTSI remains one of the most credible and well-resourced.
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