Bernard Arnault | Source: Courtesy PhotoPARIS, France – LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA is poised to pursue a takeover as revenue growth, led by sales of its eponymous handbags, slows the most in four years. The $87 billion company could go after Burberry Group Plc, the U.K.’s biggest luxury-goods producer or Tiffany & Co., the New York-based jeweler, according to luxury industry analysts.
Bernard Arnault at Louis Vuitton | Source: FTArnault says Belgian move can shield LVMH (FT) “The head of LVMH has been accused by the media in his homeland of wanting Belgian nationality to escape President François Hollande’s higher French taxes but he has repeatedly insisted that he ‘is and will remain fiscally domiciled in France’.” The Milan Plan (China Daily) “The scene is familiar enough – an army of buyers, journalists, celebrities
Dita Von Teese by Emily Berl | Source: NY TimesThe Branding of Dita Von Teese (NY Times) “Certainly she has bewitched the fashion world, gathering admirers like Christian Louboutin, Marc Jacobs (whose front row she has graced) and Jean Paul Gaultier, on whose runway she once performed an exotically elegant strip tease. She has appeared in a MAC cosmetics Viva Glam campaign. Her act, provocative in an airbrushed sort of way, has emboldened Cointreau, the upscale spirits
Marc Jacobs Spring/Summer 2013 | Source: NY TimesMarc Jacobs: Optical Allusions (IHT) “The Jacobs theory is to take an opposing stand: Whatever he did last season — layered, textured outfits with romantic big fur hats — goes into reverse for the next collection.” Yvan Mispelaere leaves Diane von Furstenberg (Telegraph) “French-born Mispelaere, who began his tenure at the DVF in April 2010, announced his unexpected departure just 48 hours after showing his last
Bernard Arnault | Source: Courtesy PhotoThe empire of desire (Economist) “Mr. Arnault is the chairman, chief executive and controlling shareholder of Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH), the world’s largest luxury group. Over the past quarter-century he has transformed a small, nearly defunct clothing manufacturer into a conglomerate that controls more than 60 luxury brands.” Talbots Accepts Lower Sycamore Bid in $369 Million Takeover (Bloomberg)
