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In 2011 the Bulgari family, majority shareholder of the renowned Italian jewellery house established in 1884 by Greek silversmith Sotirio Bulgari, joined forces with the LVMH Group and transferred its majority shareholding in Bulgari SpA. The L3.7bn, all-share deal made the Bulgaris the second largest family shareholder of the LVMH Group. After the acquisition FRANCESCO TRAPANI, great-grandson of the founder, CEO of Bulgari SpA and the driving force behind its success over the past 20 years, was made a member of the LVMH board of directors and appointed President of the LVMH Watch & Jewellery Division. From his position now supervising Bulgari, Chaumet, De Beers, Fred, Dior Watches, Tag Heuer, Zenith and Hublot, he gives LUCY REITER the view from the top of the luxury pyramid.

Nick Foulkes - The luck of the drawer

Today heritage is a term that is used with a sort of wilful abandon. In fact I would guess that ‘heritage of the brand’ fights it out with ‘DNA of the brand’ for the title of most abused marketing cliché...

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Christian Louboutin

Date: March 08 (115) Category: Fashion & Accessories, Reports Brand: Christian Louboutin

Capitalising on success, the Christian Louboutin shoe brand is expanding its retail presence through standalone stores, reducing wholesale distribution and...

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Audemars Piguet

Audemars Piguet has just opened a new store in Geneva. The property, on place de la Fusterie, is the brand’s...

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Chloe

Date: April 2008 (116) Category: Fashion & Accessories, Reports Brand: Chloé

Chloé has appointed Hannah McGibbon, who worked for the brand for five years under Phoebe Philo, to replace Paulo Melim...

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Stephen Webster

Date: May 2008 (117) Category: Features Brand: Stephen Webster

How has the jewellery industry changed in the past 20 years?It has been turned on its head. It really was...

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The architects of luxury

Date: May 2008 (117) Category: Features

The luxury industry is a style-led sector, often setting precedents which are then embraced throughout the design community. One of...

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The outside edge
Date: 6th May 08 Category: Blogs Author: Blogs, Future Lab

Terminal. A word that invokes stomach-turning unease and foreboding in even the most sturdy of us. Disease, decline and delay....

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Fun at the fair…
Date: 6th May 08 Category: Blogs Author: Blogs, Stephen Bayley

I adore Milan. How could you not? The city of Leonardo, risotto, Alfa-Romeo and La Scala. ‘Gorgonzola’ is actually a stop on the metro. To some it’s a dour city by Italian standards, gloomy and gothic rather than sunny with piazzas, but I like it because of its seriousness. And, of course, because of its style...

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Dead, yet again
Date: 6th May 08 Category: Blogs Author: Blogs, Jeffrey Miller

OH my, is fashion dead, again? The collections were a dud, the recession is a downer and with so many...

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New York Retail property

On Madison Avenue, Allen Edmonds has expanded and opened at the north-east corner of 55th Street. Brazilian jewelry designer Jack...

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London Retail Property

Where next? 2007 was clearly the year of Mount Street. 2008 will see the opening of Westfield London. Midtown (the...

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