Italian luxury retailer LuisaViaRoma is set to expand its business in Milan after opening a new office there on 4 April, just a stone's throw away from the Duomo, Milan's cathedral. That new location, which supplements the company's historic headquarters in Florence, will house communications, marketing, buying and IT support teams. But the news conceals poor results and a power struggle between the company's chairman, Andrea Panconesi, and its sole investor, Style Capital.

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