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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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Authenticity and character

Date: July/ August 2010 (139) Category: Features

EVEN if every rich person in London were not frantically buying property there in order to avoid the tsunami of...

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Year-to-date (as of 11 June 2010), the TAG Luxury Stock Index increased 8.2%, outperforming the major indices, which fell (5.6%)...

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Date: 15th Jul 10 Category: Blogs Author: Blogs, Future Lab

WE are are about to embark on our once-a-year journey through luxury. Traditionally it begins with what’s new and next...

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Date: 15th Jul 10 Category: Blogs Author: Blogs, Jeffrey Miller

I sincerely hope that, by the time you read this, the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is plugged...

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Law report: Licensing - some pros and cons

Date: July/ August 2010 (139) Category: Features, Law

LAST month, I spent some time in Hong Kong and China meeting people who had expressed an interest in investing...

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WHEN I first started writing the Luxury Briefing column, a few years ago now, the idea was to call it...

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Voice in the wilderness

Date: July/ August 2010 (139) Category: Features, Limited Editions Brand: Wolf & Badger

It’s a tough life if you’re the kind of soul who wants nothing more than to engage hand and eye to create beautiful objects, but have less brain for business and how to go about converting them into £££. Now help is at hand, in the form of Wolf & Badger: a operation set up a year ago to provide both targeted business mentoring and ‘pop-up’ shelf space in a London store. What’s not to like? KATE PATRICK talks to Zoe Knight about her bright idea

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Autoluxe: Green cat

Date: July/ August 2010 (139) Category: Autoluxe, Features Brand: Jaguar

There is no resting on laurels for Jaguar under designer Ian Callum (see LB Dec/Jan). The XF is the world’s...

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ON Madison Avenue, JM Weston moved south to no 600. Longchamp’s redesign has opened at long last at no 713. J...

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THIS month’s editorial is dominated by Bond Street. Victoria’s Secret has surprised market observers by acquiring 20,000 sq ft in...

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