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May 2011

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For Luxury Brands Going IPO Where Does This Leave Family History?

PARIS/ New York . Big luxury goods companies will be pressured to make acquisitions to grow even as stocks of high-end retailers and brands make deals pricey and some targets are reluctant to even listen to offers. “If I’m a Gucci or LVMH , I am confident I can do more faster with a given …

Greek Luxury Goods Brand Folli Follie Common Factors With Warren Buffett

Guo Guangchang, chairman and founder of Fosun, China’s largest private conglomerate, wants to be like Warren Buffett. When Mr Guo announced last week that his company had bought a stake in Folli Follie, the Greek luxury goods brand, he quoted the example of Mr Buffett twice in half an hour to make clear his intention …

Hotel PR The New Debate What Campaign Is Hot

The pressure is on for hotel PRs to achieve more than brand exposure, with campaigns now expected to drive footfall and increase revenue. At this month’s roundtable, luxury hotel PRs debate the challenges they face and the potential opportunities for creativity. There was someone missing from this month’s Hotelier roundtable; a man. Six glamorous women, …

What’s Hot About Milan Station When It Comes To Luxury

Hong Kong’s popularity as a luxury-goods market, boosted by well-heeled tourists from neighboring mainland China, is being matched by demand in the city for shares in luxury brand companies, exemplified by a near doubling of the value of Milan Station on Monday. Shares in Milan Station, which sells second-hand and new luxury handbags, surged as …

Get Online Fast If You Want To Reach China Luxury Consumers

As the buying power of China’s masses continues to spiral upwards, more and more information is being gathered focusing not only on what they like to spend their money on but how they go about spending it. This week it has been the turn of the international audit and advisory services firm KPMG (http://www.kpmg.com/cn/en) to …