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Bernard Arnault

Chairman & Chief Executive, LVMH

The French business magnate controls more than 60 brands including Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Givenchy and Celine.

Bernard Arnault
Luxury

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.

Luxury

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.


Luxury

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?

Luxury

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?


Retail

The Problem With the Online Luxury Model

It's not just department stores breaking down during the pandemic. Luxury e-commerce, which has a more captive audience than ever, is facing similar challenges.

Retail

The Problem With the Online Luxury Model

It's not just department stores breaking down during the pandemic. Luxury e-commerce, which has a more captive audience than ever, is facing similar challenges.


Luxury

Vogue and the CFDA Set Up Shop on Amazon

Through the fundraising initiative A Common Thread, 20 independent New York brands will begin selling their collections on the e-commerce marketplace as part of an effort to help struggling designers.

Luxury

Vogue and the CFDA Set Up Shop on Amazon

Through the fundraising initiative A Common Thread, 20 independent New York brands will begin selling their collections on the e-commerce marketplace as part of an effort to help struggling designers.


Luxury

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.

Luxury

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.


Luxury

LVMH's Q1 Results: What You Need to Know

How the luxury giant is preparing for a difficult year, and where it sees signs of growth.

Luxury

LVMH's Q1 Results: What You Need to Know

How the luxury giant is preparing for a difficult year, and where it sees signs of growth.


Luxury

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.

Luxury

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.


Luxury

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.

Luxury

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.


Beauty

It’s Tough to Sell on Amazon. Here’s How Beauty Brands Can Make It Work.

Counterfeits, knockoffs and Amazon’s own private labels can make engaging with the e-commerce giant a daunting proposition. Brands that have found success on the site told BoF how they did it.

Beauty

It’s Tough to Sell on Amazon. Here’s How Beauty Brands Can Make It Work.

Counterfeits, knockoffs and Amazon’s own private labels can make engaging with the e-commerce giant a daunting proposition. Brands that have found success on the site told BoF how they did it.


China

Everything Fashion Brands Need to Know About the Coronavirus

Crisis management and contingency planning should be top of the agenda, as the coronavirus' ripple effect continues to impact people and businesses around the world.

China

Everything Fashion Brands Need to Know About the Coronavirus

Crisis management and contingency planning should be top of the agenda, as the coronavirus' ripple effect continues to impact people and businesses around the world.


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