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Richemont

Founded in 1988 by South African millionaire Johann Rupert, the Swiss group Richemont specialises in luxury items. It owns Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Montblanc, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Chloe.

Switzerland
Paris court case reveals Piaget's exacting demands on sales staff

A court case in Paris has revealed the highly demanding performance targets the Richemont group jeweller Piaget imposes on its sales staff, who can be sacked if they fail to meet them.

Subscribers only Houses 31.10.2024

France, Switzerland
New Fondation Cartier to host events by other Richemont brands

The Fondation Cartier has so far operated completely independently of its Swiss parent company, but will in future open its doors to joint events with Richemont houses at its new premises opposite the Louvre.

Free access Houses 24.10.2024

Plans by Ateliers Jean Nouvel to host fashion shows on the ground floor of the future Fondation Cartier.

Italy
Dior, Loro Piana, Berluti: LVMH houses play musical chairs on Via Montenapoleone

The luxury goods behemoth plans to reshuffle its brands on Milan's most prestigious street. Glitz.paris reveals the winners and losers.

Subscribers only Houses 17.10.2024

France
LVMH duty-free boss announces departure as retail CEO retires

Less than three weeks after Chris de Lapuente said he was stepping down as boss of LVMH's selective retailing division, the man he recruited to take charge of duty-free, Benjamin Vuchot, is also leaving the group.

Subscribers only Houses 17.10.2024

China, France
After Lanvin, billionaire Adrian Cheng relaunches trunk-maker Au Départ

Au Départ, the emblematic brand of the great trunk-makers of the 19th century, is to open a Paris boutique in October, the first since the group went bust in the 1970s. Its renaissance is the brainchild of Hong Kong billionaire Adrian Cheng, who is also a shareholder in Lanvin.

Subscribers only Families 03.10.2024

Front Row | Saudi Arabia
The Attars, Riyadh's luxury moguls

The Attar merchant dynasty from Mecca has used its dominant position in airport handling services to win concession after concession from Western jewellers and watchmakers in Saudi Arabia. In an otherwise depressed luxury goods market, the country is a rare source of growth for western brands.

Subscribers only Entourage 03.10.2024

The Attars, a merchant dynasty from Mecca.

Switzerland
Rupert clan bears hefty diamond loss

Richemont's main shareholders waved goodbye to some €50m invested in two South African mines that turned out to be money pits.

Subscribers only Families 19.09.2024

France
Inside the secret WhatsApp groups of Paris luxury boutiques

Faced with increasingly well-organised thieves, shops on the Avenue Montaigne and the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré are resorting to informal means to stop shoplifters.

Subscribers only Houses 05.09.2024

Spotlight | France
Hermès's long battle to claw back concession stores

Hermès expanded in France and across the globe through a system of concessions, but the company has been working for years to regain control of its network of boutiques. That task is a long-term job, and entire regions are still in the hands of concessionaires.

Subscribers only Houses 04.07.2024

Hermès has been working for years to regain control of its network of boutiques.

Luxembourg, Switzerland
Poor investments pile up for Richemont's Rupert family

LVMH boss Bernard Arnault has just announced that he acquired a personal stake in Swiss rival Richemont a few months ago. Meanwhile, the shareholding family behind the Geneva-based giant is racking up losses on their private investments.

Subscribers only Families 04.07.2024

France
Big luxury names no longer a cut above as sales finally embraced

The high-end fashion groups have always shunned discounting, primarily for the sake of their image, but they are now being forced to adopt the practice in the face of falling sales and a ban on destroying unsold stock.

Subscribers only Entourage 04.07.2024

France
A former Richemont staffer in Marine Le Pen's shadow

The far-right Rassemblement National leader's closest aide worked for the Richemont group for several years.

Subscribers only Entourage 04.07.2024

Front Row | France, Italy
Emanuele Coccia, the philosopher fashioning concepts for brands

One of the first philosophers since Roland Barthes to have turned his attention to fashion, the Italian thinker has given numerous talks for a variety of brands, all eager to lend an intellectual air to their work.

Subscribers only Entourage 27.06.2024

Emanuele Coccia, who originally specialised in the Middle Ages, began to take an interest in fashion in the mid-2010s.

France, United Kingdom
De Beers goes head-to-head with Cartier in Paris

Before spinning off its De Beers subsidiary, Anglo American is trying to increase the diamond producer's value by developing its jewellery branch's network. The group has signed a costly lease for a shop on the Rue de la Paix, just opposite a Cartier outlet.

Free access Houses 13.06.2024

Spotlight | Africa, Europe
Luxury sector frets over De Beers sale

Caught off-guard by Anglo American's announcement that it is considering selling De Beers, the luxury giants that are the diamond producer's top customers are closely monitoring the transaction.

Subscribers only Houses 23.05.2024

Mining giant Anglo American announced on 14 May that it was putting diamond producer De Beers up for sale.

Front Row | France, Italy
Étienne Russo, catwalk show producer on the hunt for new outlets

The founder of Villa Eugénie, one of three regular producers of haute couture fashion shows, is establishing more and more footholds abroad in an effort to resist significant pressure from his competitors, each of which is backed by a group.

Subscribers only Entourage 16.05.2024

Étienne Russo, founder of the Villa Eugénie events agency.

United States
Condé Nast rolls out content creation service for Met Gala

The media group's Global Chief Content Officer, Anna Wintour, has long played a pivotal role in organising the star-studded New York event. Vogue's parent company is now offering brands an all-inclusive service.

Subscribers only Entourage 28.03.2024

France
Messika's search for a partner drags on

The Messika family-owned jeweller has not progressed far in its hunt for a new stakeholder after appointing a bank to find one last year.

Subscribers only Houses 28.03.2024

Front Row | France
Benjamin Cymerman, king of the road for Paris luxury fashion

Paris has signed an agreement with a local business group to redevelop the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, one of the city's most important luxury fashion thoroughfares. Benjamin Cymerman is the man behind the unprecedented partnership.

Subscribers only Entourage 07.03.2024

Benjamin Cymerman heads the Comité du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.

South Korea
Farfetch faces growing scrutiny over counterfeit goods

Several luxury groups have recently pulled their brands' products from the online retail site Farfetch. In response, the platform's new owners, the South Korean group Coupang, have adopted a new approach that could in practice open the floodgates to counterfeit sales.

Subscribers only Entourage 07.03.2024

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Richemont

Switzerland
Paris court case reveals Piaget's exacting demands on sales staff

France, Switzerland
New Fondation Cartier to host events by other Richemont brands

Italy
Dior, Loro Piana, Berluti: LVMH houses play musical chairs on Via Montenapoleone

France
LVMH duty-free boss announces departure as retail CEO retires

China, France
After Lanvin, billionaire Adrian Cheng relaunches trunk-maker Au Départ

Front Row | Saudi Arabia
The Attars, Riyadh's luxury moguls

Switzerland
Rupert clan bears hefty diamond loss

France
Inside the secret WhatsApp groups of Paris luxury boutiques

Spotlight | France
Hermès's long battle to claw back concession stores

Luxembourg, Switzerland
Poor investments pile up for Richemont's Rupert family

France
Big luxury names no longer a cut above as sales finally embraced

France
A former Richemont staffer in Marine Le Pen's shadow

Front Row | France, Italy
Emanuele Coccia, the philosopher fashioning concepts for brands

France, United Kingdom
De Beers goes head-to-head with Cartier in Paris

Spotlight | Africa, Europe
Luxury sector frets over De Beers sale

Front Row | France, Italy
Étienne Russo, catwalk show producer on the hunt for new outlets

United States
Condé Nast rolls out content creation service for Met Gala

France
Messika's search for a partner drags on

Front Row | France
Benjamin Cymerman, king of the road for Paris luxury fashion

South Korea
Farfetch faces growing scrutiny over counterfeit goods

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Richemont

Switzerland Paris court case reveals Piaget's exacting demands on sales staff

France, Switzerland New Fondation Cartier to host events by other Richemont brands

Italy Dior, Loro Piana, Berluti: LVMH houses play musical chairs on Via Montenapoleone

France LVMH duty-free boss announces departure as retail CEO retires

China, France After Lanvin, billionaire Adrian Cheng relaunches trunk-maker Au Départ

Front Row | Saudi Arabia The Attars, Riyadh's luxury moguls

Switzerland Rupert clan bears hefty diamond loss

France Inside the secret WhatsApp groups of Paris luxury boutiques

Spotlight | France Hermès's long battle to claw back concession stores

Luxembourg, Switzerland Poor investments pile up for Richemont's Rupert family

France Big luxury names no longer a cut above as sales finally embraced

France A former Richemont staffer in Marine Le Pen's shadow

Front Row | France, Italy Emanuele Coccia, the philosopher fashioning concepts for brands

France, United Kingdom De Beers goes head-to-head with Cartier in Paris

Spotlight | Africa, Europe Luxury sector frets over De Beers sale

Front Row | France, Italy Étienne Russo, catwalk show producer on the hunt for new outlets

United States Condé Nast rolls out content creation service for Met Gala

France Messika's search for a partner drags on

Front Row | France Benjamin Cymerman, king of the road for Paris luxury fashion

South Korea Farfetch faces growing scrutiny over counterfeit goods

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About Glitz

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Glitz on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Switzerland
Paris court case reveals Piaget's exacting demands on sales staff

France, Switzerland
New Fondation Cartier to host events by other Richemont brands

Italy
Dior, Loro Piana, Berluti: LVMH houses play musical chairs on Via Montenapoleone

France
LVMH duty-free boss announces departure as retail CEO retires

China, France
After Lanvin, billionaire Adrian Cheng relaunches trunk-maker Au Départ

Front Row | Saudi Arabia
The Attars, Riyadh's luxury moguls

Switzerland
Rupert clan bears hefty diamond loss

France
Inside the secret WhatsApp groups of Paris luxury boutiques

Spotlight | France
Hermès's long battle to claw back concession stores

Luxembourg, Switzerland
Poor investments pile up for Richemont's Rupert family

France
Big luxury names no longer a cut above as sales finally embraced

France
A former Richemont staffer in Marine Le Pen's shadow

Front Row | France, Italy
Emanuele Coccia, the philosopher fashioning concepts for brands

France, United Kingdom
De Beers goes head-to-head with Cartier in Paris

Spotlight | Africa, Europe
Luxury sector frets over De Beers sale

Front Row | France, Italy
Étienne Russo, catwalk show producer on the hunt for new outlets

United States
Condé Nast rolls out content creation service for Met Gala

France
Messika's search for a partner drags on

Front Row | France
Benjamin Cymerman, king of the road for Paris luxury fashion

South Korea
Farfetch faces growing scrutiny over counterfeit goods