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Kering

Kering is a group founded by François Pinault and managed by his son François-Henri Pinault. It is the second largest international luxury group after LVMH, and owns Balenciaga, Boucheron, Gucci and Saint Laurent.

United Kingdom
Burberry sounds out Kim Jones

The British firm, which is being restructured under its new CEO Joshua Schulman, is talking to the former Dior Homme creative director.

Subscribers only Houses 20.02.2025

France, United States
Saint Laurent banks on Rive Droite concept store to help get brand back on track

As well as overhauling its flagship brand Gucci, Kering has plans in store for its other powerhouse, Saint Laurent, including the fast-tracked expansion of its branded concept shops in Paris, New York and Los Angeles.

Subscribers only Houses 13.02.2025

United States
Luxury brands tread carefully as Trump's diversity crackdown looms

Luxury groups met in New York last week to chart a safe passage through the storm of the new US administration's anti-diversity crusade.

Subscribers only Entourage 13.02.2025

France
François-Louis Pinault plays growing role in family's art collection

Kering CEO François-Henri Pinault has never shown much interest in the art collection amassed by his father, but his own son, François-Louis Pinault, is playing a discreet and increasingly central role at the Pinault Collection.

Subscribers only Families 06.02.2025

Spotlight | Middle East
Luxury crisis provides bonanza for Gulf royals

Competition between the Gulf's ruling families for investment in Western luxury brands has been sharpened by the crisis in the sector. From Abu Dhabi to Manama, via Dubai and Doha, the princes of the Gulf are busy bidding for struggling fashion houses.

Subscribers only Families 30.01.2025

France, Switzerland
Former Hermès wealth manager Freymond and French ex-PM Villepin boost art market ties

The exhibition of his daughter's paintings in Eric Freymond's Geneva gallery brought former prime minister Dominique de Villepin closer to the erstwhile wealth manager of the Hermès heir.

Subscribers only Families 30.01.2025

Spotlight | United States
How luxury giants like Lauder, Hilfiger and Arnault cosied up to Trump

The Republican's return to the White House had been widely anticipated by the luxury goods industry, which has stepped up its contacts with Donald Trump's entourage and made strategic decisions with this in mind.

Subscribers only Entourage 23.01.2025

Spotlight | France
François Pinault, 88, returns to the fray to rescue waning empire

Compensating in advance for its soon-to-be-released 2024 results, Kering is now relinquishing stakes in some of its biggest property investments, as Glitz.paris predicted. Meanwhile, founder François Pinault is doing all he can to ensure that his retirement does not coincide with the collapse of the group he spent his entire career growing.

Subscribers only Families 16.01.2025

Front Row | United States
Hervé Pierre, Melania Trump's French stylist, plays political balancing act

Hervé Pierre has worked with several US first ladies over the course of his career, without ever showing a preference for one political camp or the other. But the French designer has moved closer to the Republican clan since his first collaboration with Melania Trump in 2017.

Subscribers only Entourage 16.01.2025

France
The other Libyan affair worrying Paris's Golden Triangle

Just as former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is being tried over allegations that he took money from Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 presidential election campaign, another affair involving the Gaddafi regime is complicating property dealings in the Golden Triangle, home of the Parisian luxury goods business.

Subscribers only Entourage 16.01.2025

Spotlight | Italy, United States
The prospective bidders with Versace and Jimmy Choo on their Christmas wishlists

Capri Holdings' scuppered merger with Tapestry has prompted it to throw two iconic brands overboard as it urgently needs cash to get its sinking Michael Kors back on an even keel. Versace and Jimmy Choo's potential suitors should make themselves known before Christmas.

Subscribers only Houses 19.12.2024

Italy
Bottega Veneta hires Roman princess to manage its VIPs

Gabriella Moncada di Paternò, who has been the point of contact for Fendi's wealthiest clients for over 20 years, is now moving to rival brand, Bottega Veneta.

Subscribers only Houses 05.12.2024

United States
How Ralph Lauren prepared for Trump's return

Favoured by both Jill Biden and Melania Trump, Ralph Lauren is probably the fashion company best prepared for Donald Trump's return to the presidency of the United States.

Free access Houses 05.12.2024

Italy
Zegna subcontracts on the side for Kering and Richemont

Although it owns brands itself, the luxury menswear company also makes clothes for a number of its competitors to ensure a regular income.

Subscribers only Houses 28.11.2024

France, United Kingdom
Floriane de Saint Pierre winds up UK subsidiary under investigation by French tax authorities

The headhunter's British firm is in liquidation. In 2021, Floriane de Saint Pierre was accused of using the company to avoid paying taxes in France.

Subscribers only Entourage 28.11.2024

Spotlight | France
Kering looks to cut Gucci losses with sale of Vendôme quarter flagship building

Two years after acquiring four buildings for nearly €800m in Paris's Place Vendôme district, Kering still plans to open a giant Gucci store there. But the François-Henri Pinault-led luxury group wants to sell the properties to cut costs and keep only a minority stake.

Subscribers only Houses 14.11.2024

Italy
On Via Montenapoleone, the parish of San Francesco da Paola succumbs to luxury

The last property owner not yet linked to the luxury sector on Milan's ultra chic Via Montenapoleone, the parish of San Francesco da Paola, is having to rent out a building. Antonella Mastrototaro's 18Montenapoleone is the agency in charge.

Subscribers only Entourage 14.11.2024

France
Luce app lets Kering keep close eye on sales staff

Glitz.paris has been given access to Luce, an application developed by Kering that oversees all relations between sales staff and customers of the French luxury group's brands.

Subscribers only Houses 14.11.2024

Spotlight | Italy
Prada and Miu Miu success lies partly in factory outlets

The success of Prada and Miu Miu, which are posting insolent growth while their competitors' results plummet, is based in part on production for factory outlets. Glitz.paris looks at how the Italian group is defying the crisis.

Subscribers only Houses 07.11.2024

France
Courts still struggling to elucidate Pinault cruise ship fire nine years on

In late 2015, a month after the Pinault family's Artémis firm took over cruise ship operator Compagnie du Ponant, a fire broke out on one of its ships. The courts are still trying to get to the bottom of the affair, amid suspected conflicts of interest and the existence of a mysterious black box.

Subscribers only Houses 07.11.2024

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Brands brave the Wild West of the second-hand market

The geopolitics of fake goods

Jewellery sector's quest for clarity

Kering

United Kingdom Burberry sounds out Kim Jones

France, United States Saint Laurent banks on Rive Droite concept store to help get brand back on track

United States Luxury brands tread carefully as Trump's diversity crackdown looms

France François-Louis Pinault plays growing role in family's art collection

Spotlight | Middle East Luxury crisis provides bonanza for Gulf royals

France, Switzerland Former Hermès wealth manager Freymond and French ex-PM Villepin boost art market ties

Spotlight | United States How luxury giants like Lauder, Hilfiger and Arnault cosied up to Trump

Spotlight | France François Pinault, 88, returns to the fray to rescue waning empire

Front Row | United States Hervé Pierre, Melania Trump's French stylist, plays political balancing act

France The other Libyan affair worrying Paris's Golden Triangle

Spotlight | Italy, United States The prospective bidders with Versace and Jimmy Choo on their Christmas wishlists

Italy Bottega Veneta hires Roman princess to manage its VIPs

United States How Ralph Lauren prepared for Trump's return

Italy Zegna subcontracts on the side for Kering and Richemont

France, United Kingdom Floriane de Saint Pierre winds up UK subsidiary under investigation by French tax authorities

Spotlight | France Kering looks to cut Gucci losses with sale of Vendôme quarter flagship building

Italy On Via Montenapoleone, the parish of San Francesco da Paola succumbs to luxury

France Luce app lets Kering keep close eye on sales staff

Spotlight | Italy Prada and Miu Miu success lies partly in factory outlets

France Courts still struggling to elucidate Pinault cruise ship fire nine years on

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United Kingdom
Burberry sounds out Kim Jones

France, United States
Saint Laurent banks on Rive Droite concept store to help get brand back on track

United States
Luxury brands tread carefully as Trump's diversity crackdown looms

France
François-Louis Pinault plays growing role in family's art collection

Spotlight | Middle East
Luxury crisis provides bonanza for Gulf royals

France, Switzerland
Former Hermès wealth manager Freymond and French ex-PM Villepin boost art market ties

Spotlight | United States
How luxury giants like Lauder, Hilfiger and Arnault cosied up to Trump

Spotlight | France
François Pinault, 88, returns to the fray to rescue waning empire

Front Row | United States
Hervé Pierre, Melania Trump's French stylist, plays political balancing act

France
The other Libyan affair worrying Paris's Golden Triangle

Spotlight | Italy, United States
The prospective bidders with Versace and Jimmy Choo on their Christmas wishlists

Italy
Bottega Veneta hires Roman princess to manage its VIPs

United States
How Ralph Lauren prepared for Trump's return

Italy
Zegna subcontracts on the side for Kering and Richemont

France, United Kingdom
Floriane de Saint Pierre winds up UK subsidiary under investigation by French tax authorities

Spotlight | France
Kering looks to cut Gucci losses with sale of Vendôme quarter flagship building

Italy
On Via Montenapoleone, the parish of San Francesco da Paola succumbs to luxury

France
Luce app lets Kering keep close eye on sales staff

Spotlight | Italy
Prada and Miu Miu success lies partly in factory outlets

France
Courts still struggling to elucidate Pinault cruise ship fire nine years on