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Entourage

France, United States
Whatnot shopping platform, an eldorado for luxury or a hotbed for fakes?

The shopping platform, recently valued at €5bn, is seeking to establish itself in the luxury second-hand market in France. But the way it operates favours counterfeiters.

Subscribers only Running story - The geopolitics of fake goods 20.02.2025

France
Luxury's lobbying win now under threat from anti-Shein MPs

The French government has asked Brussels to suspend a European directive on corporate sustainability due diligence, which would have hefty consequences for luxury companies. But several MPs are worried that the suspension will mainly benefit fast-fashion giant Shein and are putting up resistance.

Subscribers only 20.02.2025

Front Row | France, Turkey
Cumali Demirci, the counterfeiter thumbing his nose at Hermès

Turkish national Cumali Demirci is taking advantage of the lax attitude the authorities in Ankara have adopted towards counterfeiting. © Studio Pachamama

Subscribers only Running story - The geopolitics of fake goods 20.02.2025

French authorities are increasingly auctioning off bags, watches and other luxury goods seized from criminals. © Studio Pachamama

Spotlight | France
Luxury firms' backstage manoeuvring in French state auctions of seized goods

To put pressure on luxury brands and force them to keep closer tabs on who they sell to, French authorities are increasingly auctioning off bags, watches and other luxury goods seized from criminals. Such sales are disastrous for brand image, exposing the sector's dirty underbelly. But behind the scenes brands grudgingly lend their expertise and even buy back certain items to prevent counterfeits or rare pieces going back into circulation.

Subscribers only 06.02.2025

The curator of the Louvre Couture exhibition, Olivier Gabet, assembled the great and the good of both fashion and art for the show's opening night on 23 January. © Studio Pachamama

Front Row | France
Curator Olivier Gabet brings fashion world flocking to Louvre Couture show

The curator of the Louvre Couture exhibition assembled the great and the good of both fashion and art for the show's opening night on 23 January. Gabet's long-standing links with the luxury sector came in handy.

Subscribers only 30.01.2025

The luxury goods industry has stepped up its contacts with Donald Trump's entourage.

Spotlight | United States
How luxury giants like Lauder, Hilfiger and Arnault cosied up to Trump

The Republican's return to the White House had been widely anticipated by the luxury goods industry, which has stepped up its contacts with Donald Trump's entourage and made strategic decisions with this in mind.

Subscribers only 23.01.2025

France
Luxury sector campaigns for anti-copying bill at AI summit

UNIFAB, the body which defends the intellectual property of French luxury goods brands, is looking for support for a bill setting up a legal framework for the use of artificial intelligence by fast-fashion websites.

Subscribers only Entourage 13.02.2025

United States
Luxury brands tread carefully as Trump's diversity crackdown looms

Luxury groups met in New York last week to chart a safe passage through the storm of the new US administration's anti-diversity crusade.

Subscribers only Entourage 13.02.2025

France, Japan
Japanese luxury concessionaire Yagi Tsusho's legal battle with Chambord château

Yagi Tsusho, which holds the Japanese rights to Moncler and Kenzo, also operates its own leather goods brand named Chambord Sellier. The eponymous French château did not authorise the use of the name and has tried, so far unsuccessfully, to recover it.

Subscribers only Entourage 13.02.2025

France, Lithuania
Vinted rivals Vestiaire Collective with luxury offering but struggles to stem fakes

Just over a year after acquiring the German second-hand luxury platform Rebelle, Vinted is competing neck and neck with Vestiaire Collective in the segment in France.

Subscribers only Entourage 13.02.2025

United States
How Macy's discovered that an employee hid $150m

It was a revelation that did not go down at all well with Macy’s new investors, Barington Capital Group and Thor Equities, who had taken a stake in the department store group barely a year earlier.

Subscribers only Entourage 13.02.2025

United States
Qatari royal family gears up for Printemps New York launch

By choosing the Financial District for its first US address, Printemps, which is owned by the former Emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, is counting on the revival of New York City's former banking quarter.

Free access Entourage 06.02.2025

United States
Macy's wants to bring back uniform for sales staff

In a bid to stem its losses, the US department store chain is trying to reposition itself in a more exclusive niche, and is considering reintroducing uniforms for its sales teams.

Subscribers only Entourage 30.01.2025

France
French parliamentary committee chair compares model agency practices to ‘slavery'

The chairman of a French parliamentary committee investigating potential violence on film sets and catwalks has compared certain practices carried out by modelling agencies to "slavery" and is to summon industry leaders for a second hearing.

Subscribers only Entourage 30.01.2025

Front Row | France
Private equity mogul Walter Butler bets on French gastronomy

After many years managing a portfolio of industrial and security holdings, the French private equity investor Walter Butler is stepping up his investments in top-of-the-range gastronomy.