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Hermès

Hermès was founded in 1837 by Thierry Hermès and specialises in leather goods, ready-to-wear, perfume, watches and home goods. Although still owned by the Hermès family, the group is managed by Axel Dumas.

France, Italy
Hermès's favourite interior designers caught up in marble battle

A pair of marble designers claim that RDAI, the architecture and design agency linked to Hermès's shareholding Dumas family, has unduly used techniques they have patented.

Subscribers only Families 18.01.2024

France
Galeries Lafayette seeks new money-making model

Struggling in the wake of the Covid-19 downturn, Galeries LaFayette has been looking to diversify its offerings and set itself apart from the competition.

Subscribers only Houses 18.01.2024

Spotlight | France
How a Paris suburban town became an Hermès stronghold

French luxury leather goods manufacturer Hermès set up its atelier in Pantin, a suburban town just outside of Paris, in 1992. In just over 30 years, it has considerably expanded its presence, transforming the small municipality into 'Hermès City'.

Subscribers only Houses 21.12.2023

Since setting up its atelier in Pantin in 1992, Hermès has made several acquisitions in the town, turning it into an Hermès stronghold.

Front Row | France, Switzerland
Maja Hoffmann, the patron of the arts who brought the luxury world to Arles

Luxury brands and art galleries are now omnipresent in Arles. Their arrival is in large part thanks to the Swiss heiress to the Hoffmann-Laroche pharmaceuticals group, who opened an arts and culture centre in the southern French city in 2021.

Subscribers only Entourage 14.12.2023

Maja Hoffman, President of the LUMA Foundation.

Europe, France
Counterfeiters hone in on luxury

European customs authorities have recorded a significant decrease in seizures of counterfeit products. But while the number of seizures has dropped, the value of products seized is steadily increasing, as counterfeiters shift their focus to luxury products.

Subscribers only Entourage 14.12.2023

France, United States
Brands navigate uncharted legal waters in quest for confidentiality

From CEOs to temporary workers, confidentiality clauses are ubiquitous in luxury sector employment contracts, but they often involve extrapolations of existing laws.

Subscribers only Houses 07.12.2023

France
Florence Woerth still comfortably at home with Hermès

Married to French lower-house lawmaker and former budget minister Eric Woerth, Florence Woerth has been sitting on the boards of Hermès group companies for more than a decade.

Subscribers only Families 07.12.2023

Spotlight | France, Italy, Mongolia
Chanel quietly grabs more Mongolian cashmere by the horns

In the face of increasing competition from affordable luxury brands for cashmere products, Chanel has been discreetly working to buy out cashmere assets in Mongolia, where the fine wool is produced. To soften cashmere's troubling environmental reputation, Chanel has employed specialised consultants.

Free access Houses 23.11.2023

Chanel secures its cashmere supplies by investing in Mongolia, where the finest wool is produced.

France
The sleight of hand that allowed Hermès to keep selling mink gloves

France banned mink farming in November 2021, but Hermès continued to sell fur-lined gloves made from the animal until very recently, thanks to emergency stockpiles.

Subscribers only Houses 23.11.2023

Spotlight | France
Luxury heavyweights monopolise funding of France's artist residencies abroad

Van Cleef & Arpels, Chanel and the Bettencourt family have established themselves in recent years as key financial backers of the Ministry of Culture and Foreign Ministry's artist residencies abroad. Other brands have followed suit.

Subscribers only Entourage 16.11.2023

Van Cleef & Arpels, Chanel and the Bettencourt family, key financial partners of the artistic residencies organised by the French Culture and Foreign Ministries.

United States
Gabriela Hearst's increasing designs on Hermès's Dumas heirs

American-Uruguayan fashion designer Gabriela Hearst has been working closely with one of the heirs to the three families that control Hermès.

Subscribers only Houses 16.11.2023

France
Chanel on warpath to protect its intellectual property

To ensure that it has complete control over its image, the fashion house is constantly registering trademarks and applying to the French intellectual property office - sometimes to an absurd degree.

Subscribers only Houses 09.11.2023

United States
Saks store closes after struggling to pay its rent

Experiencing serious difficulties like its fellow American counterparts Barneys, Bergdorf Goodman and Bloomingdale's, the luxury retail chain Saks has been facing a rent problem in one of the East Coast's main shopping destinations.

Subscribers only Entourage 02.11.2023

France
Richemont bails out Azzedine Alaïa Foundation

Headed by the founder of Elle Italia, Carla Sozzani, the foundation created by designer Azzedine Alaïa before his death in 2017 was for a long time running at a loss. As of last year, it has been back in the black, thanks to generous donations from its patrons.

Subscribers only Families 02.11.2023

Italy
Luxury goods and government battle to save Italian fashion expertise

Faced with a shortage of labour and the country's economic situation, luxury brands are forging more and more public-private partnerships to maintain their exclusive Italian know-how. But the results to date have been far from conclusive.

Subscribers only Houses 02.11.2023

Spotlight | Australia
Trial of celebrity crocodile ranger looms large for exotic skins heavyweight Hermès

Australian ranger Matt Wright, a key figure in crocodile farming, will be tried in early December for perverting the course of justice. His trial is having a knock-on effect on the entire crocodile farming sector, where leather goods brands Hermès and Louis Vuitton are the primary buyers.

Subscribers only Houses 26.10.2023

The trial of a crocodile egg hunter in Australia is likely to affect the entire crocodile farming sector, where Hermès and Louis Vuitton are major customers.

France
Hermès heir Nicolas Puech distances himself from long-time wealth manager

Wealth manager Éric Freymond, Nicolas Puech's loyal financial adviser, has left the board of the Hermès heir's foundation, where he had held a seat for 10 years.

Subscribers only Families 26.10.2023

European Union
Luxury sector wins respite from EU restriction on lead oxide in crystal

European luxury goods lobbyists have discretely clinked glasses to celebrate the European Commission's recent decision postponing the revision of the REACH regulation on chemicals. Luxury crystal manufacturers would be greatly disadvantaged by any changes to that extensive regulation.

Subscribers only Entourage 19.10.2023

France
Jacquemus set to become Palace of Versailles patron

After staging a fashion show in the gardens of Versailles in June and hosting a dinner at the palace last week, Simon Porte Jacquemus's brand is poised to become a patron of one of France's most-visited historical monuments.

Subscribers only Houses 12.10.2023

France
Lifting the lid on François Pinault's new renovation project

The Kering founder bought the 17th-century Hôtel de Cavoye in Paris from fellow French businessman Bernard Tapie's widow in 2021 and has since been restoring it to its original state. A modern garden, designed by Hermès's favourite landscape architect, is the only outlier in an otherwise conservative project.

Subscribers only Families 12.10.2023

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Hermès

France, Italy
Hermès's favourite interior designers caught up in marble battle

France
Galeries Lafayette seeks new money-making model

Spotlight | France
How a Paris suburban town became an Hermès stronghold

Front Row | France, Switzerland
Maja Hoffmann, the patron of the arts who brought the luxury world to Arles

Europe, France
Counterfeiters hone in on luxury

France, United States
Brands navigate uncharted legal waters in quest for confidentiality

France
Florence Woerth still comfortably at home with Hermès

Spotlight | France, Italy, Mongolia
Chanel quietly grabs more Mongolian cashmere by the horns

France
The sleight of hand that allowed Hermès to keep selling mink gloves

Spotlight | France
Luxury heavyweights monopolise funding of France's artist residencies abroad

United States
Gabriela Hearst's increasing designs on Hermès's Dumas heirs

France
Chanel on warpath to protect its intellectual property

United States
Saks store closes after struggling to pay its rent

France
Richemont bails out Azzedine Alaïa Foundation

Italy
Luxury goods and government battle to save Italian fashion expertise

Spotlight | Australia
Trial of celebrity crocodile ranger looms large for exotic skins heavyweight Hermès

France
Hermès heir Nicolas Puech distances himself from long-time wealth manager

European Union
Luxury sector wins respite from EU restriction on lead oxide in crystal

France
Jacquemus set to become Palace of Versailles patron

France
Lifting the lid on François Pinault's new renovation project

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The geopolitics of fake goods

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From the Martinez to Claridge's, hostilities rage between five-star hotel mogul Paddy McKillen and Qatar

Hermès

France, Italy Hermès's favourite interior designers caught up in marble battle

France Galeries Lafayette seeks new money-making model

Spotlight | France How a Paris suburban town became an Hermès stronghold

Front Row | France, Switzerland Maja Hoffmann, the patron of the arts who brought the luxury world to Arles

Europe, France Counterfeiters hone in on luxury

France, United States Brands navigate uncharted legal waters in quest for confidentiality

France Florence Woerth still comfortably at home with Hermès

Spotlight | France, Italy, Mongolia Chanel quietly grabs more Mongolian cashmere by the horns

France The sleight of hand that allowed Hermès to keep selling mink gloves

Spotlight | France Luxury heavyweights monopolise funding of France's artist residencies abroad

United States Gabriela Hearst's increasing designs on Hermès's Dumas heirs

France Chanel on warpath to protect its intellectual property

United States Saks store closes after struggling to pay its rent

France Richemont bails out Azzedine Alaïa Foundation

Italy Luxury goods and government battle to save Italian fashion expertise

Spotlight | Australia Trial of celebrity crocodile ranger looms large for exotic skins heavyweight Hermès

France Hermès heir Nicolas Puech distances himself from long-time wealth manager

European Union Luxury sector wins respite from EU restriction on lead oxide in crystal

France Jacquemus set to become Palace of Versailles patron

France Lifting the lid on François Pinault's new renovation project

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France, Italy
Hermès's favourite interior designers caught up in marble battle

France
Galeries Lafayette seeks new money-making model

Spotlight | France
How a Paris suburban town became an Hermès stronghold

Front Row | France, Switzerland
Maja Hoffmann, the patron of the arts who brought the luxury world to Arles

Europe, France
Counterfeiters hone in on luxury

France, United States
Brands navigate uncharted legal waters in quest for confidentiality

France
Florence Woerth still comfortably at home with Hermès

Spotlight | France, Italy, Mongolia
Chanel quietly grabs more Mongolian cashmere by the horns

France
The sleight of hand that allowed Hermès to keep selling mink gloves

Spotlight | France
Luxury heavyweights monopolise funding of France's artist residencies abroad

United States
Gabriela Hearst's increasing designs on Hermès's Dumas heirs

France
Chanel on warpath to protect its intellectual property

United States
Saks store closes after struggling to pay its rent

France
Richemont bails out Azzedine Alaïa Foundation

Italy
Luxury goods and government battle to save Italian fashion expertise

Spotlight | Australia
Trial of celebrity crocodile ranger looms large for exotic skins heavyweight Hermès

France
Hermès heir Nicolas Puech distances himself from long-time wealth manager

European Union
Luxury sector wins respite from EU restriction on lead oxide in crystal

France
Jacquemus set to become Palace of Versailles patron

France
Lifting the lid on François Pinault's new renovation project