Bernard Arnault

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LVMH vs Tiffany: Deal or No Deal?

21 September 2020 • By Lauren Sherman and Robert Williams

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LVMH vs Tiffany: Deal or No Deal?

The largest acquisition in the history of the luxury goods sector is collapsing, setting up what could be the biggest luxury M&A battle of all time. BoF lays out five possible outcomes.

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LVMH Asks to Delay Tiffany Trial By at Least Six Months

17 September 2020 • By Lauren Sherman

17 September 2020 • By Lauren Sherman

The luxury conglomerate was sued last week for calling off its $16.2 billion acquisition of the American jeweller.

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LVMH Asks to Delay Tiffany Trial By at Least Six Months

The luxury conglomerate was sued last week for calling off its $16.2 billion acquisition of the American jeweller.

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Trouble Lies Ahead for LVMH

30 June 2020 • By Reuters

30 June 2020 • By Reuters

The luxury conglomerate's second-quarter earnings are expected to take a hit, warned Chairman Bernard Arnault.

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Trouble Lies Ahead for LVMH

The luxury conglomerate's second-quarter earnings are expected to take a hit, warned Chairman Bernard Arnault.

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With America in Chaos, Will LVMH’s Tiffany Acquisition Go Ahead as Planned?

8 June 2020 • By Lauren Sherman

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With America in Chaos, Will LVMH’s Tiffany Acquisition Go Ahead as Planned?

Analysts and media speculated last week that the conglomerate has cold feet about buying an American company in the middle of the crisis. In the end, the partnership still makes sense.

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Amazon vs Alibaba: Which E-Commerce Giant Is Winning the Covid-19 Era?

28 May 2020 • By Zoe Suen

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Amazon vs Alibaba: Which E-Commerce Giant Is Winning the Covid-19 Era?

The online retail goliaths have made a fortune as the pandemic shifted shopping online but the crisis has also exposed their vulnerabilities and shed light on challenges that lie ahead.

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Winners Take All: How LVMH and Kering Will Extend Their Supremacy Post-Pandemic

26 May 2020 • By Lauren Sherman

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Winners Take All: How LVMH and Kering Will Extend Their Supremacy Post-Pandemic

The family-controlled French giants are well positioned to further dominate the luxury fashion sector. But neither can afford to ignore the threat of disruption.

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Why Luxury Came to the Rescue

18 May 2020 • By Lauren Sherman

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Why Luxury Came to the Rescue

To support the fight against Covid-19, European fashion companies have been doing everything from producing hand sanitiser to building new hospital wings. What’s driving these wartime-like efforts?

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Bernard Arnault Plans for LVMH Rebound

7 May 2020 • By Bloomberg

7 May 2020 • By Bloomberg

Historically, Europe’s richest man has made a career out of investing through downturns when his competitors were too weakened or too skittish to forge ahead. Even though his net worth has dwindled more than $30 billion during the crisis, his luxury conglomerate LVMH is going ahead with much of its spending plans.

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Bernard Arnault Plans for LVMH Rebound

Historically, Europe’s richest man has made a career out of investing through downturns when his competitors were too weakened or too skittish to forge ahead. Even though his net worth has dwindled more than $30 billion during the crisis, his luxury conglomerate LVMH is going ahead with much of its spending plans.

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LVMH to Supply France With 40 Million Surgical Masks to Tackle Shortage

21 March 2020 • By Tamison O'Connor

21 March 2020 • By Tamison O'Connor

The luxury conglomerate has sourced surgical and FFP2 masks from a Chinese distributor as the country faces shortages during the coronavirus pandemic.

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LVMH to Supply France With 40 Million Surgical Masks to Tackle Shortage

The luxury conglomerate has sourced surgical and FFP2 masks from a Chinese distributor as the country faces shortages during the coronavirus pandemic.

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What Will LVMH’s Tiffany Look Like?

27 February 2020 • By Tamison O'Connor

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What Will LVMH’s Tiffany Look Like?

The French luxury conglomerate snapped up one of hard luxury’s last available targets in a mega-deal worth $16.2 billion. With the transaction approved by shareholders and set to close by the middle of this year, BoF considers how the Tiffany-LVMH integration might pan out.