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Astrid Wendlandt
3 November 2024
There is growing industry chatter that high-end puffer jacket maker Moncler could be considering making a bid for London-listed Burberry to create an outdoor specialist giant. Several industry sources say Bernard Arnault, CEO and controlling shareholder of industry leader LVMH which recently invested in Moncler, is keen to see such a deal happen.
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What’s going to happen to the Estée Lauder Companies? The U.S. beauty group this week cut its dividend and scrapped its full-year outlook, blaming the uncertainty around the recovery of China’s luxury market and of the company’s travel retail business. It also named Stéphane de La Faverie as CEO to replace outgoing Fabrizio Freda, who had been at the helm since 2009 and amassed hundreds of millions of dollars in the process.
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Fabio Becheri
1 November 2024
Burberry’s outerwear campaign, “It’s Always Burberry Weather,” launched last month, marks a clear change in direction. The British brand known for its trademark check went straight back to its heritage and eliminated references to its catwalk collections. The focus now is on outerwear and no longer on fashion.
Astrid Wendlandt
27 October 2024
Business may be tough for the leading luxury brands but players in the second-hand market feel optimistic about the future. Vestiaire Collective and eBay are top players in the field. The French online luxury market has just received an extra cash injection from its main private equity backer. The U.S. firm, a veteran of the “we sell anything” style of e-commerce, is enjoying solid trading.
Astrid Wendlandt
20 October 2024
Jacquemus has retained Rothschild & Co to help it find a minority investor willing to finance its ambitious store opening plans and expensive celebrity-peppered shows and events, several senior industry sources with first-hand knowledge of the matter said.
Until last year, Jacquemus was regarded as one of France’s most prominent success stories.
Until last year, Jacquemus was regarded as one of France’s most prominent success stories.
Fabio Becheri
18 October 2024
Dior’s love affair with sports keeps getting stronger. You wonder why. After a coldly received athleisure collection presented during Paris Fashion Week, the French brand on Oct. 14 unveiled a capsule collection designed by Kim Jones in collaboration with Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time world Formula 1 champion. It was inspired by one of Hamilton's favorite pastimes: winter sports.
Astrid Wendlandt
13 October 2024
German online fashion retailer Mytheresa announced this week it was acquiring Yoox-Net-A-Porter (YNAP) from Cartier owner Richemont. The long-awaited deal removes a major thorn in the side of Richemont and puts an end to more than 14 years of having to disburse hundreds of millions of euros on botched IT projects and on covering YNAP’s losses every year.
Fabio Becheri
11 October 2024
“Owl Vision” is a new column for Miss Tweed about brands’ marketing and collections and how they fit with their strategy and narrative. Fabio Becheri has worked for more than two decades in the fashion industry. He was in charge of corporate image and media at Gucci, where he spent 19 years until 2017.
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