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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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December 2009

Date: 9th Dec 09 Category: Blogs Author: Blogs, Stephen Bayley

I have won life’s lottery, but I have never, ever won anything else. Horses, poker, football pools, tennis, chess, nada. Until this year’s British Airways Media Party...

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Date: 9th Dec 09 Category: Blogs Author: Blogs, Future Lab

OUR appearance at the Luxury Briefing Conference came in the midst of three other events that we attended. They covered...

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Year-to-date (as of 16/11/09), the TAG Luxury Stock Index is up 62.5%, outperforming the major market indices (year-to-date, the S&P...

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Date: 9th Dec 09 Category: Blogs Author: Blogs, Jeffrey Miller

BY now, anyone reading this will have reached their absolute limit on the subject of gift giving and getting, in,...

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Down but not out

Date: December 2009 (133) Category: Features, Law Brand: Withers LLP

OVER the past few months, we have seen a number of surprising brand names become connected with stories of insolvency:...

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Google vs LVMH

Date: December 2009 (133) Category: Features, Web report

2009 will be remembered as the year luxury giants piled up the lawsuits against the internet giants. First came eBay,...

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The first properly organically-certified aromatics have arrived: nutraceutical beauty products that ostensibly have more to do with health and immune-boosting than with creating traditional, high-performance beauty. Intelligent Nutrients, already out in the US and launching in the UK in February 2010, has been developed by Horst Rechelbacher, the man who founded Aveda. It’s his true life’s passion, as he explains to KATE PATRICK

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Superbike

Date: December 2009 (133) Category: Autoluxe, Features Brand: Factor 001

With Jaguar occupying the main pages, we thought we would bring you news of something... almost as expensive. A lot...

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On Madison Avenue, Lalique has opened its doors at no 609. Michael Kors took over at no 667, formerly Céline,...

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It is fair to say that many people will be delighted to bring in the New Year for a variety...

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