South Korea's pop stars are in huge demand as brand ambassadors for major fashion labels. Behind them are the powerful talent agencies negotiating their lucrative contracts - and millions of dollars in support from their own government.
Dominique Desseigne and his son Alexandre have spent six months battling over control of the Barrière hotel group through their lawyers. But, anxious to curb rumours the company is paralysed by infighting, the pair is now trying hard to appear reconciled - even though a succession deal remains elusive.
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Faced with rising production costs, luxury ready-to-wear brand The Row is set to turn its back on the US and relocate its workshops to Italy.
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For months, the Kering subsidiary has been seeking ways to return to the building where it all began for founder Yves Saint-Laurent, on Paris's Rue Spontini. But the brand has found the task challenging.
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The French luxury goods giant LVMH, which bought American jeweller Tiffany & Co in January 2021, enforces a strict policy regarding control of the sales chain for all its brands.
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An audit on the inner workings of Paris's Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild cost Pablo Nakhlé Cerruti his job. The managing director of Viparis, the agency that runs the hotel as well as Paris's congress and convention centres, had sought to revamp it.
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