At Hermès, all appointments at the start of this week were cancelled. "We will have to postpone today's appointment due to an emergency," indicated the message received on the morning of Monday 19 October by a service provider who was scheduled to meet with the Marseille boutique teams that day. Two days earlier, on Saturday 17 October, the Rue Grignan boutique was looted amid the protests, leaving ripped-open orange boxes on pavements. Glitz understands that at least one exhibition quota bag is
In Focus | 17 October
After the mass looting, the impossible mission of tracking down stolen luxury goods
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By Noëmie Leclercq
What has become of the Hermès bags, Rolexes, Louis Vuitton leather goods and other luxury items taken during the rampant pillaging in France on 17 October? Glitz has been on the trail, from Vinted classified ads to organised fencing networks.
