Tactical moves, succession challenges, talent pools: discover Glitz, the first investigative publication dedicated to the global luxury sector

Your account has been succesfully created.

SPECIAL OFFER: 15% OFF your annual subscription
SUBSCRIBE

ENTOURAGE

MONACO 01/06/2023

Dior muse Beatrice Borromeo fails in bid to have her 'market value' recognised

Borromeo, a Dior brand ambassador and daughter-in-law of Princess Caroline of Monaco, has been fighting French magazine Gala for three years, accusing it of damaging her "market value" by associating her with "mid-range" brands. But the Versailles Court of Appeal has just ruled against her.

UNITED STATES 01/06/2023

Condé Nast tests new commercial strategy at Cannes

At this year's Cannes Film Festival, the Vogue and Vanity Fair parent company started to roll out its new commercial strategy, which revolves around the production of large-scale events shared widely on social media.

Spotlight

CHINA 25/05/2023

As EU ban on Xinjiang cotton looms, luxury sector weaves fine line between Western embargoes and Beijing interests

The European Parliament is working on a new regulation that would prohibit goods made using forced labour. The legislation will primarily target cotton exported from Xinjiang province in China. © Studio Pachamama

FRANCE 25/05/2023

Headhunter Floriane de Saint Pierre leaves her mark on the Friends of the Centre Pompidou

Hoping to broaden the museum's circle of patrons to include the luxury world's next generations, the Friends of the Centre Pompidou's new president, who is herself active in the sector, chose a new organiser for the annual gala dinner.

RUSSIA UNITED STATES 18/05/2023

Looming Russian diamonds' embargo fails to take shine off sales of its coloured stones Free

US diplomacy has been pushing to get the G7, which is about to meet in Japan, to discuss a sanctions plan on Russian diamonds. Whatever the outcome of these talks, one thing is certain: emeralds mined for Moscow will continue to be sold freely.

FRANCE 18/05/2023

From Instagram guests to professional conversation-makers, the new careers re-defining luxury dinners

In a bid to boost the impact of their highly selective dinners, brands are turning to an unusual new breed of service providers specialised in the art of hosting, influencing and etiquette.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 18/05/2023

How many millions did Fouquet's Dubai cost Barrière?

The Dubai incarnation of Groupe Barrière's Fouquet's restaurant, which opened in February, covers 1,400m2 on the Burj Plaza in the centre of the city.

FRANCE 11/05/2023

Brigitte Macron's penchant for LVMH irks French luxury industry Free access

French President Emmanuel Macron's wife flaunts her unabashed taste for LVMH brands - and Louis Vuitton in particular - to the dismay of rival houses, who long to see the first lady touting the full breadth of French luxury's wares, ambassador-style.

FRANCE 11/05/2023

Launderer for Paris's Royal Monceau, Crillon and George V luxury hotels suspended for playing dirty

Wartner, a luxury laundry company subcontracted to Paris's top hotels, has had its operations suspended after an inspection by regional environmental authorities. The group is fighting to have the ruling quashed in court.

FRANCE 11/05/2023

Who is running private sales for Dior and Chanel?

Private sales have become a permanent fixture of luxury houses' business models; guests feel honoured to attend while the houses use them to get rid of unsold stock.

FRANCE 04/05/2023

Why French PM Elisabeth Borne's cardigans pose a PR dilemma for Agnès B.

As protests against France's pension reforms rage on, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne's penchant for Agnès B.'s colourful cardigans has the historically left-leaning fashion company concerned about its brand image.

UNITED STATES 04/05/2023

How the organisers of Tiffany & Co's lavish launch party sold agency Prodject

A month before the reopening of Tiffany & Co's flagship store in New York, the trio in charge of the launch ceremony - Keith Baptista, Jihye Song and Tobias Armstrong - handed over their agency, Prodject, to the French-Chinese company The Independents in a complex financial manoeuvre orchestrated in Luxembourg.

FRANCE 04/05/2023

Netflix France pursues product placement push with new series Fiasco

Netflix France doesn't have a dedicated product placement unit, like its US parent company. But the French streaming platform is building contracts with brands into every new series it makes, including its latest production, Fiasco.

UNITED KINGDOM UNITED STATES 27/04/2023

Chanel frets over founder's depiction in forthcoming Apple TV series The New Look

The production team of The New Look, which will tell the story of the rivalry between Christian Dior and Coco Chanel in the 1950s, has received a letter from Chanel's legal department.

FRANCE 20/04/2023

French Senate revisits issue of extremely thin models Free

In 2017, France introduced a law banning dangerously thin models from catwalks that has had little effect since. Former health minister Agnès Buzyn pushed for a reform, but later dropped the issue. Now members of the Senate are picking it back up again.

FRANCE 20/04/2023

Paris 2024 organising committee to opt for Olympic medals made with recycled gold

The Paris Mint is close to winning the Paris 2024 organising committee's tender for manufacturing Olympic medals. Its bid favours using recycled gold, the certification of which is not precisely defined.

FRANCE UNITED STATES 20/04/2023

Alexandre Arnault, the man behind Jay-Z's return to the stage

Heading up his family's business empire in New York, Alexandre Arnault, an executive vice president at Tiffany & Co, also plays ambassador to US stars, particularly in the highly sought-after world of rappers.

UNITED STATES 13/04/2023

Balenciaga ad scandal aftermath: Kering licks its wounds while Nicholas Des Jardins whips up new work

Despite a carefully orchestrated bid for redemption by Balenciaga's artistic director, the brand is struggling to recover after the controversy over its ads featuring children and bondagewear harmed sales. Meanwhile, the studio that designed the contentious campaign has landed several new projects with Condé Nast magazines.

FRANCE 13/04/2023

Vestiaire Collective lobbies Brussels in end-of-life clothing debate

The second-hand luxury clothing platform Vestiaire Collective is set to weigh in on the next round of regulation from Brussels about end-of-life textiles.

SpotlightFRANCE 06/04/2023

Beyond NFTs, Chanel and Vuitton work on more strategic blockchain uses

While the luxury giants launch virtual products via blockchain-based NFTs with great fanfare, they are experimenting behind the scenes with more strategic applications for the same technology, including tools for tracing their products' composite materials.

Chanel has been working for months on a major project grounded in blockchain technology.

SPECIAL OFFER

15% OFF your annual subscription

This offer is open to all new subscribers and runs until 07/06/2023

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

Tactical moves, succession challenges, talent pools: discover Glitz, the first investigative publication dedicated to the global luxury sector

Tactical moves, succession challenges, talent pools: discover Glitz, the first investigative publication dedicated to the global luxury sector

ENTOURAGE

Dior muse Beatrice Borromeo fails in bid to have her 'market value' recognised

Condé Nast tests new commercial strategy at Cannes

As EU ban on Xinjiang cotton looms, luxury sector weaves fine line between Western embargoes and Beijing interests

Headhunter Floriane de Saint Pierre leaves her mark on the Friends of the Centre Pompidou

Looming Russian diamonds' embargo fails to take shine off sales of its coloured stones Free

From Instagram guests to professional conversation-makers, the new careers re-defining luxury dinners

Free Articles

How Kering is trying to ease tensions at luxury menswear subsidiary Brioni

Looming Russian diamonds' embargo fails to take shine off sales of its coloured stones

The untold story of the tax dispute freezing Karl Lagerfeld's estate

How many millions did Fouquet's Dubai cost Barrière?

Brigitte Macron's penchant for LVMH irks French luxury industry Free access

Launderer for Paris's Royal Monceau, Crillon and George V luxury hotels suspended for playing dirty

Who is running private sales for Dior and Chanel?

Why French PM Elisabeth Borne's cardigans pose a PR dilemma for Agnès B.

How the organisers of Tiffany & Co's lavish launch party sold agency Prodject

Netflix France pursues product placement push with new series Fiasco

Chanel frets over founder's depiction in forthcoming Apple TV series The New Look

French Senate revisits issue of extremely thin models Free

Paris 2024 organising committee to opt for Olympic medals made with recycled gold

Alexandre Arnault, the man behind Jay-Z's return to the stage

Balenciaga ad scandal aftermath: Kering licks its wounds while Nicholas Des Jardins whips up new work

Vestiaire Collective lobbies Brussels in end-of-life clothing debate

Beyond NFTs, Chanel and Vuitton work on more strategic blockchain uses

SPECIAL OFFER

First visit

Contacts

Tools

Follow us

A website produced by

Indigo Publications also publishes: