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Farfetch CEO José Neves and Richemont Chaiman Johann Rupert

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YNAP SERIES:2-What it takes to mend YNAP

Astrid Wendlandt

02/10/22

Turning around Yoox-Net-A-Porter (YNAP) is the biggest challenge José Neves faces since launching Farfetch in 2008. The CEO of the luxury marketplace is walking a tightrope. Farfetch’s image and credibility in terms of strategy and execution are at stake. If Neves can’t improve the fortunes of the online fashion and luxury retailer, it may be that no one can. Five weeks after Farfetch announced the long-awaited deal to take on YNAP, the 48-year-old Portuguese entrepreneur is already working on preparing its integration. Farfetch has agreed to buy 47.

Digital Series

YNAP DEAL SERIES: 1- How YNAP can help Farfetch solve its own problems

Astrid Wendlandt

25/09/22

The fashion marketplace Farfetch and the luxury group Richemont spent more than two years trying to hammer out a deal that lets the Cartier owner offload the online retailer Yoox-Net-A-Porter and allows Farfetch to scale up in size and turn around loss-making YNAP. They finally announced the deal in August. There are many challenges along the road. The complex transaction is not due to be completed until it has received anti-trust clearances, which could take six to nine months. The clock has already started ticking.

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Week from 2022-09-26 to 2022-09-30

LVMH GIFTS INFLATION BONUSES

Industry leader LVMH has become the first major luxury group to give staff bonuses to help them cope with rampant inflation in France. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has disrupted energy markets which in turn has brought inflation to levels not seen in forty years. Inflation in France is now at more than 6 percent on an annual basis.

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Stanislas de Quercize, Natalie Massenet, Pierre Denis

Portrait

Life outside of the rat race is what you want it to be

Astrid Wendlandt

18/09/22

Many people in the fashion and luxury industries focus on jockeying for power and trying to land the top job. Few know how good life can be outside the rat race because they are still in it. It is only when they leave that they realize how pleasant it is not to have to deal with office politics or report to others, whether shareholders, a chairman or an organization.

Strategy

Energy shortages and lower demand to hit fashion and luxury

Astrid Wendlandt

11/09/22

Demand for luxury goods saw exuberant growth this summer as consumers traveled en masse and indulged in “revenge spending” post-Covid. Now, in this back-to-school period, the sector is making the most of an Indian summer, basking in the last rays of sunshine before winter. And this year, the frost will bite harshly.

Watches

“Just-buy-it” mood drives demand for luxury watches

Astrid Wendlandt

04/09/22

The future is looking bleak with looming power shortages, inflation, rising interest rates and geopolitical tensions at record highs. Add to that the summer’s repeated heat waves that have made climate change a grim reality and it makes for a perfect storm. Yet demand for luxury goods has never been so high.

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