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Kering’s Investor Pullback, Shein vs. France’s Fashion Establishment

Analysts are urging caution on the Gucci owner’s turn-around, while a push into retail by the Chinese ultra-fast fashion giant is ruffling feathers in Paris.

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Kering’s Investor Pullback, Shein vs. France’s Fashion Establishment

Analysts are urging caution on the Gucci owner’s turn-around, while a push into retail by the Chinese ultra-fast fashion giant is ruffling feathers in Paris.


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How the Kering-L’Oréal Deal Rocked Fashion and Beauty

This week, Kering agreed to sell off its beauty unit to L’Oréal for $4.6 billion in a transaction that’s seismic for both groups. But its ripple effects will be felt further afield, too.

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How the Kering-L’Oréal Deal Rocked Fashion and Beauty

This week, Kering agreed to sell off its beauty unit to L’Oréal for $4.6 billion in a transaction that’s seismic for both groups. But its ripple effects will be felt further afield, too.


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Kering Sales Beat Expectations as Investors Bet on Comeback

Sales at flagship brand Gucci fell by 14 percent in the third quarter with overall group sales down 5 percent.

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Kering Sales Beat Expectations as Investors Bet on Comeback

Sales at flagship brand Gucci fell by 14 percent in the third quarter with overall group sales down 5 percent.


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Luxury Stocks’ Nascent Revival Is About to Face Earnings Test

The sector faces significant challenges including an uneven economic recovery in China, a stronger euro, and a lack of innovation, leading analysts to predict a slow recovery.

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Luxury Stocks’ Nascent Revival Is About to Face Earnings Test

The sector faces significant challenges including an uneven economic recovery in China, a stronger euro, and a lack of innovation, leading analysts to predict a slow recovery.


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Gucci’s Demna Debut Boosting Store Traffic

The brand has successfully harnessed the designer’s buzzy Milan fashion week presentation to draw shoppers back to its stores in the key US market, after years of lackluster sales, data shows.

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Gucci’s Demna Debut Boosting Store Traffic

The brand has successfully harnessed the designer’s buzzy Milan fashion week presentation to draw shoppers back to its stores in the key US market, after years of lackluster sales, data shows.


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Gucci CEO Said to Exit Amid Kering Shakeup

Kering deputy CEO Francesca Bellettini is set to replace Stefano Cantino at the helm of the troubled Italian megabrand, sources said, as new group chief executive Luca de Meo moves quickly to shake up the French conglomerate’s senior ranks.

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Gucci CEO Said to Exit Amid Kering Shakeup

Kering deputy CEO Francesca Bellettini is set to replace Stefano Cantino at the helm of the troubled Italian megabrand, sources said, as new group chief executive Luca de Meo moves quickly to shake up the French conglomerate’s senior ranks.


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Inside Kering’s Changing of the Guard

A $24 million welcome bonus was in focus as new CEO Luca de Meo took the reins from François-Henri Pinault. Improving performance will require tough choices to ‘reduce our costs, reduce our debt, and where necessary, rationalise, reorganise, reposition some of our brands,’ de Meo said.

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Inside Kering’s Changing of the Guard

A $24 million welcome bonus was in focus as new CEO Luca de Meo took the reins from François-Henri Pinault. Improving performance will require tough choices to ‘reduce our costs, reduce our debt, and where necessary, rationalise, reorganise, reposition some of our brands,’ de Meo said.


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A Letter to Kering’s New CEO

Incoming chief executive Luca De Meo needs to urgently tackle two problems, debt levels and management structure, writes Luca Solca.

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A Letter to Kering’s New CEO

Incoming chief executive Luca De Meo needs to urgently tackle two problems, debt levels and management structure, writes Luca Solca.


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‘Transform or Die’: Can a Turnaround Expert Turn Kering Around?

Luca De Meo’s appointment as the French group’s chief executive is an admission of the seriousness of the crisis the company is facing, as well as a signal of its intent to do something about it, writes Imran Amed.

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‘Transform or Die’: Can a Turnaround Expert Turn Kering Around?

Luca De Meo’s appointment as the French group’s chief executive is an admission of the seriousness of the crisis the company is facing, as well as a signal of its intent to do something about it, writes Imran Amed.


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Bernard Arnault Grapples With the Biggest Slump in LVMH’s History

The luxury goods maker is reeling from a sharp downturn in the €364 billion industry — and questions about succession are growing louder.

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Bernard Arnault Grapples With the Biggest Slump in LVMH’s History

The luxury goods maker is reeling from a sharp downturn in the €364 billion industry — and questions about succession are growing louder.