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FRANCE 23/03/2023

Paris 2024 organisers bank on product placement to lure luxury sponsors

In a bid to persuade French luxury giants to sponsor the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, the organising committee is offering tailored solutions quite unlike the banner ads favoured by the food industry and mass market brands.

UNITED STATES 23/03/2023

Vuitton among brands in dogged fight against US First Amendment

LVMH, along with the American Intellectual Property Law Association, wants the US Supreme Court to restrict the scope of the First Amendment after a 15-year battle spurred by... dog toys. Is the luxury giant barking up the wrong tree?

FRANCE 16/03/2023

Intellectual property trial not in the bag for Hermès's Birkin

While Hermès has for now always managed to defend the intellectual property of its Birkin bag against counterfeiters, the leather goods group will face an unprecedented challenge in May.

FRANCE 09/03/2023

Jewellers desperately seeking celebrities

As celebrities opt for sober, sustainable accessories during the economic slowdown, hard-hit luxury jewellers are scrambling to find stars willing to wear their most expensive necklaces on the red carpet.

FRANCE 09/03/2023

Training schemes for luxury workers are not quite what they seem

Back-to-work schemes let luxury groups recruit workers using financing from the French national unemployment agency, Pôle Emploi. But the narrowly focused training programmes leave much to be desired.

UNITED STATES 09/03/2023

'Kanye West clause' introduced to protect against brand ambassador flaws

More than €700m. That is the projected cost to Adidas in 2023 due to the abrupt end in October of its collaboration with the American rapper Kanye West, following his numerous anti-Semitic comments.

ITALY UNITED STATES 02/03/2023

Ciao, America: Olsen sisters' label The Row heads for Italy

Faced with rising production costs, luxury ready-to-wear brand The Row is set to turn its back on the US and relocate its workshops to Italy.

FRANCE 02/03/2023

Saint Laurent jumps through hoops to get back into historic HQ

For months, the Kering subsidiary has been seeking ways to return to the building where it all began for founder Yves Saint-Laurent, on Paris's Rue Spontini. But the brand has found the task challenging.

MIDDLE EAST 02/03/2023

LVMH faces dilemma over precious Tiffany & Co franchises

The French luxury goods giant LVMH, which bought American jeweller Tiffany & Co in January 2021, enforces a strict policy regarding control of the sales chain for all its brands.

SpotlightUNITED KINGDOM 23/02/2023

Richemont, LVMH and Chanel add dukes, lords and royals to their collections

To thrive in the UK and throughout Europe and Asia, luxury fashion houses are counting on the established networks of dukes, lords and even crowned heads.

King Charles III's coronation, scheduled for 6 May at Westminster Abbey, will be a major social event, and luxury giants are likely to feature prominently on the guest list.

FRANCE 23/02/2023

Louis Vuitton purchases a third of Pharrell Williams's time Free

Pharrell Williams has been appointed to succeed Virgil Abloh as Louis Vuitton's artistic director, signing a contract with very particular conditions that allow the rapper to keep running his own companies and honouring his community commitments.

CHINA FRANCE 23/02/2023

Credible fakes pose real problems for Hermès

For just a few thousand euros, a discreet Chinese retailer has been providing the French brand's demanding customers with fake Birkin and Kelly bags that are nearly identical to the originals.

SpotlightFRANCE 16/02/2023

A pretty penny: Inside Chanel's lucrative brand ambassador contracts Free

Brand ambassadorships have become a primary marketing tool for luxury houses, making such contracts very profitable for the stars who sign on. Glitz.paris has the lowdown on one such deal, between Chanel and the Belgian singer Angèle.

SWITZERLAND UNITED KINGDOM 16/02/2023

Richemont basks in Bond Street properties while British brands brood

British luxury retailers may be struggling to keep their shops open on London's Bond Street, traditionally home to the country's finest brands, but sector giants like Switzerland's Richemont hold substantial property portfolios in the area.

FRANCE 09/02/2023

Kering's €800m invasion of Paris's Vendôme district

Opening a Gucci shop directly opposite LVMH's Louis Vuitton boutique on the Place Vendôme wasn't enough for Kering. The group has just acquired the four buildings that make up the southeast corner where the Rue de Castiglione meets the Rue Saint-Honoré.

CANADA UNITED STATES 09/02/2023

Valentino's North American tax troubles

Valentino's US subsidiary has been under audit by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for more than a year.

FRANCE 02/02/2023

Higher electricity prices spark disarray in luxury production lines

Soaring energy prices are putting a huge strain on textile factories, with luxury subcontractors heavily affected. Some have already switched to night work to cut costs, while the sector's lobbyists are busy seeking solutions behind the scenes.

FRANCE 02/02/2023

Real estate: insurance giants reign as landlords of luxury

Covéa is completing the purchase of a nearly 10,000m2 complex in Paris's second arrondissement that it hopes to lease to the luxury sector - like other insurance and reinsurance giants before it, already renting their prestigious real estate to luxury's big names.

FRANCE 02/02/2023

LVMH considered historic Versailles as potential site for research centre

For its future research centre, LVMH once envisaged a royal address.

SpotlightFRANCE JAPAN 26/01/2023

A spot of bother for Louis Vuitton collaboration with polka dot princess Yayoi Kusama

Since the year began, Louis Vuitton shops have been displaying spectacular installations tied to the brand's partnership with Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. The problem is that the 93-year-old, whose signature and iconic dots are displayed on a wide range of Vuitton items, is very ill and her actual involvement in the collaboration is open to question.

The Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who is physically very diminished, is 93 years old.

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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

HOUSES

Paris 2024 organisers bank on product placement to lure luxury sponsors

Vuitton among brands in dogged fight against US First Amendment

Intellectual property trial not in the bag for Hermès's Birkin

Jewellers desperately seeking celebrities

Training schemes for luxury workers are not quite what they seem

'Kanye West clause' introduced to protect against brand ambassador flaws

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French daily Le Monde's society of editors takes aim at Chanel partnership

Consultancy heavy hitters swoop in to help Macy's, Bloomingdale's and pals

Naomi Campbell struts the catwalks anew while her offshore accounts draw attention

Ciao, America: Olsen sisters' label The Row heads for Italy

Saint Laurent jumps through hoops to get back into historic HQ

LVMH faces dilemma over precious Tiffany & Co franchises

Richemont, LVMH and Chanel add dukes, lords and royals to their collections

Louis Vuitton purchases a third of Pharrell Williams's time Free

Credible fakes pose real problems for Hermès

A pretty penny: Inside Chanel's lucrative brand ambassador contracts Free

Richemont basks in Bond Street properties while British brands brood

Kering's €800m invasion of Paris's Vendôme district

Valentino's North American tax troubles

Higher electricity prices spark disarray in luxury production lines

Real estate: insurance giants reign as landlords of luxury

LVMH considered historic Versailles as potential site for research centre

A spot of bother for Louis Vuitton collaboration with polka dot princess Yayoi Kusama

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