By selling discount luxury items that are impossible to find elsewhere, second-hand retail site Monogram has elicited the incredulity of fashion houses and the suspicion of France's consumer watchdogs.
The Paris Court of Appeal has invalidated the designation of Rodrigo Basilicati-Cardin as sole heir to Pierre Cardin. If the designer's other nephews and nieces get their way in a separate round of legal proceedings, every transaction carried out with Cardin's bequest could be annulled.
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Two key figures who had worked with Richemont's shareholding family for decades have handed over their positions in the Ruperts' asset holding company to a younger manager.
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Hermès's upcycling brand, Petit h, is shedding designers, frustrated by the distinctly unfavourable terms the label offers for their work. The company has launched a rethink of its compensation scheme.
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The Qatari royal family's real estate holding company, which owns the Place Vendôme building that houses Cartier's Paris flagship, tried to raise the jeweller's rent massively.
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The Belgian leather goods manufacturer and Richemont subsidiary has grown considerably in recent years. But behind the scenes, relations between Delvaux CEO Jean-Marc Loubier and his employees are fraught.
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The Bogart Group holds several fragrance licences, including Ted Lapidus. Now French tax authorities have their eye on Bogart's Dutch subsidiary, which receives its fragrances' royalties.
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Fresh rumours swirled at the Paris and Milan fashion weeks about where Alessandro Michele, Gucci's former artistic director, would land next.
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With its stake in singer Rihanna's Fenty Beauty, a label already well-established in the United States, LVMH is looking to develop the cosmetics brand on the African market.
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After a Formula 1 driver was robbed near Milan's Via Montenapoleone, the luxury shopping thoroughfare stepped up security, becoming a fortress with private guards outside every fashion house.
The Palace of Versailles is negotiating with luxury sponsors to support a major show the French monument will stage this spring in China's former imperial palace. The exhibition will be the highlight of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Paris and Beijing.
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