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Kering

Luxury group Kering owns fashion, leather goods and jewelry Houses, including Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, McQueen, and Boucheron, among others. Founded in 1962, Kering is headquartered in Paris.

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Luxury

How Big Can Luxury Brands Get?

Last month, Kering set a medium-term sales target of €15 billion for flagship brand Gucci, far beyond what conventional wisdom once deemed possible.

Luxury

How Big Can Luxury Brands Get?

Last month, Kering set a medium-term sales target of €15 billion for flagship brand Gucci, far beyond what conventional wisdom once deemed possible.


Sustainability

Can Fashion Lower Its Climate Impact While Selling More Products?

Resolving the fundamental tension between what is good for revenue growth and what is good for the environment is the biggest challenge to fashion’s sustainability efforts.

Sustainability

Can Fashion Lower Its Climate Impact While Selling More Products?

Resolving the fundamental tension between what is good for revenue growth and what is good for the environment is the biggest challenge to fashion’s sustainability efforts.


Sustainability

Gucci Cuts Climate Impact While Growing Sales

Last year, while Gucci sales rebounded from the pandemic, its climate impact remained 15 percent lower than 2019 levels. Can it maintain the trend?

Sustainability

Gucci Cuts Climate Impact While Growing Sales

Last year, while Gucci sales rebounded from the pandemic, its climate impact remained 15 percent lower than 2019 levels. Can it maintain the trend?


Luxury

Will Gucci’s New Creative Configuration Work?

The Italian megabrand has partitioned its creative department and recruited Maria Cristina Lomanto to oversee merchandising. Is it enough to reignite consumer interest? Luca Solca does the analysis.

Luxury

Will Gucci’s New Creative Configuration Work?

The Italian megabrand has partitioned its creative department and recruited Maria Cristina Lomanto to oversee merchandising. Is it enough to reignite consumer interest? Luca Solca does the analysis.


Sustainability

How Do Fashion’s Biggest Luxury Players Stack Up on Sustainability?

Kering and Burberry top the luxury ranking in this year’s BoF Sustainability Index, while Prada, Capri, Richemont and Tapestry lag.

Sustainability

How Do Fashion’s Biggest Luxury Players Stack Up on Sustainability?

Kering and Burberry top the luxury ranking in this year’s BoF Sustainability Index, while Prada, Capri, Richemont and Tapestry lag.


Technology

The Traceability Tech Aiming to Unlock a More Sustainable Industry

Traceability systems powered by tracking software and Big Data will help brands reach far into their supply chains to understand the entire lifecycle of their products.

Technology

The Traceability Tech Aiming to Unlock a More Sustainable Industry

Traceability systems powered by tracking software and Big Data will help brands reach far into their supply chains to understand the entire lifecycle of their products.


Sustainability

Kering Invests in Lab-Grown Leather Startup

The French luxury giant participated in a $46 million funding round intended to accelerate commercialisation of San Francisco-based VitroLabs’ lab-grown leather.

Sustainability

Kering Invests in Lab-Grown Leather Startup

The French luxury giant participated in a $46 million funding round intended to accelerate commercialisation of San Francisco-based VitroLabs’ lab-grown leather.


Sustainability

Could Exotic Skins Go the Same Way as Fur?

While some companies have denounced the use of crocodile, snake and ostrich skins to make high-end leather goods, others are doubling down on the product category.

Sustainability

Could Exotic Skins Go the Same Way as Fur?

While some companies have denounced the use of crocodile, snake and ostrich skins to make high-end leather goods, others are doubling down on the product category.


Luxury

Can Kering Shake Off Gucci’s Growth Hangover?

First-quarter sales missed estimates at Gucci. The Italian mega-brand’s uneven pandemic rebound has some investors worried after years of dizzying growth.

Luxury

Can Kering Shake Off Gucci’s Growth Hangover?

First-quarter sales missed estimates at Gucci. The Italian mega-brand’s uneven pandemic rebound has some investors worried after years of dizzying growth.


Global Markets

A Cloudy Outlook for Fashion

This week, America’s exuberant travel rebound contrasted sharply with strict lockdowns in China as prospects for the global economy dimmed.

Global Markets

A Cloudy Outlook for Fashion

This week, America’s exuberant travel rebound contrasted sharply with strict lockdowns in China as prospects for the global economy dimmed.