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Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton is a French luxury leather goods and ready-to-wear brand founded in 1854 in Paris by trunk-maker Louis Vuitton. It was the first brand owned by LVMH group. Pietro Beccari has been its CEO since February 2023.

Italy
Fendi's luxury Milan hotel plan up in the air

LVMH-owned Fendi has long considered opening a swish hotel in the heart of Milan's luxury district, just as Louis Vuitton has done on the Champs Elysées. But the Italian fashion house's new management seems to have acquired cold feet.

Subscribers only Houses 19.12.2024

Front Row | Europe
Fairly Made, providers of eco-responsible virtue solutions

The start-up founded by Laure Betsch and Camille Le Gal offers a range of complete solutions to help its customers comply with the growing body of environmental legislation - which it helped draw up.

Subscribers only Entourage 19.12.2024

Camille Le Gal and Laure Betsch, co-founders of the start-up Fairly Made.

France, United States
Moët Hennessy has a Jay-Z problem

As a high-profile scandal gathers steam, the LVMH branch soon to be run by Jean-Jacques Guiony and Alexandre Arnault doesn't know what to do with its Jay-Z and Beyoncé liquor brands. Discussions are all the more heated given that Moët Hennessy's future CEO has been opposed to those brands from the outset, even though they have the support of his future number two.

Subscribers only Houses 16.12.2024

United States
Texas becomes gateway for fake Goyard and Prada merchandise entering America

The southern US state has acquired the dubious distinction of being a hub for counterfeit luxury goods coming into the country, causing increasing headaches for both the customs authorities and second-hand platforms doing business there.

Subscribers only Entourage 12.12.2024

France
French budget puts 'living heritage' label at risk

A proposed dramatic cut to government funding to manage the label so dear to the luxury sector has led to an outcry from the companies concerned. But their rescue bid is now threatened by the budget's own uncertainties.

Subscribers only Entourage 05.12.2024

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Burberry accused of 'Brit-washing'

The iconic London brand wants to boost its flagging sales by emphasising its British identity. At the same time, the group is steadily reducing its UK production, with one key supplier last month forced to lay off part of its staff.

Subscribers only Houses 28.11.2024

France
Private mansion hits market in heart of Left Bank luxury

The Seydoux family has put a mansion house up for sale on Paris's Rue de Grenelle, a popular address among owners of luxury brands.

Subscribers only Families 28.11.2024

France
Paris boutique vacated by Stella McCartney in 2020 finally finds new tenants

More than four years after financial troubles prompted the English designer to abandon her illustrious retail premises along the Palais Royal gardens, two brands owned by Italy's AMF group are set to move in to the arcade, where rents are sky-high and profits far from guaranteed.

Subscribers only Entourage 28.11.2024

France
China crisis pushes LVMH into major rethink about its retail and duty-free business

LVMH is pondering whether to divest its Paris department store La Samaritaine from its duty-free retailer DFS. That could advance Bernard Arnault's long-held plan to sell DFS, which has been loss-making since the pandemic curbed Chinese consumers' foreign travel.

Subscribers only Houses 28.11.2024

United States
Christie's and Sotheby's gear up for crypto-auctions

With Donald Trump and his new adviser, the billionaire cryptocurrency champion Elon Musk, intending to facilitate the use of digital currencies, leading auctioneers like Christie's and Sotheby's are concerned about the problems that such measures may pose, not least in terms of money laundering.

Subscribers only Entourage 21.11.2024

France
The ins and outs of the 1,000-item Celine theft

A lawsuit brought by the brand against its transporters reveals the modus operandi of luxury goods thieves.

Subscribers only Houses 21.11.2024

Front Row | France
Ruben Cohen, influencer of influencers

As the luxury sector navigates a period of crisis, the influence and communications agency Follow is experiencing unprecedented growth. Co-founded by Ruben Cohen, the firm helps luxury brands target Gen Z consumers with the help of influencers - a service that requires total commitment from the agency's employees.

Subscribers only Entourage 21.11.2024

Ruben Cohen, co-founder of influence and PR agency Follow Group.

France
Succession, LVMH-style: A piece of cake for the brothers Arnault

Published on 15/11/24 at 17:25 GMT: LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault's son Frédéric has just turned 30, a milestone that has seen him - and his elder brother Alexandre - coming into their own at the luxury behemoth.

Subscribers only Families 15.11.2024

Spotlight | France
Kering looks to cut Gucci losses with sale of Vendôme quarter flagship building

Two years after acquiring four buildings for nearly €800m in Paris's Place Vendôme district, Kering still plans to open a giant Gucci store there. But the François-Henri Pinault-led luxury group wants to sell the properties to cut costs and keep only a minority stake.

Subscribers only Houses 14.11.2024

Kering is still planning to set up a Gucci megastore in Paris's Place Vendôme district.

France
Saint-Ouen flea market in luxury brands' firing line over counterfeits

Three months on from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which prompted a series of anti-counterfeiting operations, the flea market north of the French capital remains a hub for counterfeit products. But local mayor Karim Bouamrane, who nurtures higher political ambitions, is reluctant to take on the illicit traders.

Subscribers only Entourage 14.11.2024

France, United States
Elon Musk, a further portal to the Trump White House for Bernard Arnault

While the LVMH chief already had a relationship with the US president-elect, he has recently forged much more personal ties with tech magnate and Donald Trump fan Elon Musk.

Free access Houses 07.11.2024

European Union
Brussels nixes LVMH bid to trademark flagship slogan

The European Union Intellectual Property Office has dismissed the luxury giant's attempts to protect a three-word phrase that formed the backbone of a massive marketing campaign.

Subscribers only Houses 31.10.2024

France
Virtual reality bags turn cities into bargain billboards

By using virtual imagery to place giant items in the streets of the world's capitals, luxury brands are filling spaces that are increasingly difficult to occupy in the real world, and for a better price.

Subscribers only Entourage 31.10.2024

Spotlight | France, India
Galeries Lafayette gets off to bumpy start in India

The department store chain was supposed to open two large outlets in Mumbai and New Delhi this year, thus gaining a foothold in a market that could offset the group's difficulties in France. But nothing is going according to plan and this strategic project, which the company has been working on since 2016, has been delayed by over a year.

Subscribers only Houses 24.10.2024

Galeries Lafayette was supposed to open two large outlets in India this year, but the project has been delayed.

Front Row | France
Émile Meunier, the Green scourge of LVMH

An ecologist elected to Paris's city council, Émile Meunier tracks down advertising excesses in the public space by luxury brands, in particular LVMH. In so doing, the former lawyer has made a name for himself.

Subscribers only Entourage 17.10.2024

Émile Meunier, an ecologist politician elected to the Paris city council.

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Louis Vuitton

Italy
Fendi's luxury Milan hotel plan up in the air

Front Row | Europe
Fairly Made, providers of eco-responsible virtue solutions

France, United States
Moët Hennessy has a Jay-Z problem

United States
Texas becomes gateway for fake Goyard and Prada merchandise entering America

France
French budget puts 'living heritage' label at risk

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Burberry accused of 'Brit-washing'

France
Private mansion hits market in heart of Left Bank luxury

France
Paris boutique vacated by Stella McCartney in 2020 finally finds new tenants

France
China crisis pushes LVMH into major rethink about its retail and duty-free business

United States
Christie's and Sotheby's gear up for crypto-auctions

France
The ins and outs of the 1,000-item Celine theft

Front Row | France
Ruben Cohen, influencer of influencers

France
Succession, LVMH-style: A piece of cake for the brothers Arnault

Spotlight | France
Kering looks to cut Gucci losses with sale of Vendôme quarter flagship building

France
Saint-Ouen flea market in luxury brands' firing line over counterfeits

France, United States
Elon Musk, a further portal to the Trump White House for Bernard Arnault

European Union
Brussels nixes LVMH bid to trademark flagship slogan

France
Virtual reality bags turn cities into bargain billboards

Spotlight | France, India
Galeries Lafayette gets off to bumpy start in India

Front Row | France
Émile Meunier, the Green scourge of LVMH

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Indigo Publications' websites

The geopolitics of fake goods

Jewellery sector's quest for clarity

The battle of the Bulgari heiresses

Louis Vuitton

Italy Fendi's luxury Milan hotel plan up in the air

Front Row | Europe Fairly Made, providers of eco-responsible virtue solutions

France, United States Moët Hennessy has a Jay-Z problem

United States Texas becomes gateway for fake Goyard and Prada merchandise entering America

France French budget puts 'living heritage' label at risk

Spotlight | United Kingdom Burberry accused of 'Brit-washing'

France Private mansion hits market in heart of Left Bank luxury

France Paris boutique vacated by Stella McCartney in 2020 finally finds new tenants

France China crisis pushes LVMH into major rethink about its retail and duty-free business

United States Christie's and Sotheby's gear up for crypto-auctions

France The ins and outs of the 1,000-item Celine theft

Front Row | France Ruben Cohen, influencer of influencers

France Succession, LVMH-style: A piece of cake for the brothers Arnault

Spotlight | France Kering looks to cut Gucci losses with sale of Vendôme quarter flagship building

France Saint-Ouen flea market in luxury brands' firing line over counterfeits

France, United States Elon Musk, a further portal to the Trump White House for Bernard Arnault

European Union Brussels nixes LVMH bid to trademark flagship slogan

France Virtual reality bags turn cities into bargain billboards

Spotlight | France, India Galeries Lafayette gets off to bumpy start in India

Front Row | France Émile Meunier, the Green scourge of LVMH

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About Glitz.paris

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Glitz.paris on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Italy
Fendi's luxury Milan hotel plan up in the air

Front Row | Europe
Fairly Made, providers of eco-responsible virtue solutions

France, United States
Moët Hennessy has a Jay-Z problem

United States
Texas becomes gateway for fake Goyard and Prada merchandise entering America

France
French budget puts 'living heritage' label at risk

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Burberry accused of 'Brit-washing'

France
Private mansion hits market in heart of Left Bank luxury

France
Paris boutique vacated by Stella McCartney in 2020 finally finds new tenants

France
China crisis pushes LVMH into major rethink about its retail and duty-free business

United States
Christie's and Sotheby's gear up for crypto-auctions

France
The ins and outs of the 1,000-item Celine theft

Front Row | France
Ruben Cohen, influencer of influencers

France
Succession, LVMH-style: A piece of cake for the brothers Arnault

Spotlight | France
Kering looks to cut Gucci losses with sale of Vendôme quarter flagship building

France
Saint-Ouen flea market in luxury brands' firing line over counterfeits

France, United States
Elon Musk, a further portal to the Trump White House for Bernard Arnault

European Union
Brussels nixes LVMH bid to trademark flagship slogan

France
Virtual reality bags turn cities into bargain billboards

Spotlight | France, India
Galeries Lafayette gets off to bumpy start in India

Front Row | France
Émile Meunier, the Green scourge of LVMH