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Received today — 30 April 2026 The Business of Fashion
Received — 27 April 2026 The Business of Fashion

LVMH at a Crossroads

23 April 2026 at 21:51
Bernard Arnault reaffirmed his confidence in LVMH even as stagnant sales, a tumbling share price and questions over succession have dented its image. Can the world’s largest luxury group reclaim the narrative?

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Bernard Arnault delivers a speech during LVMH's annual general meeting in Paris.

The Debrief | Why Luxury Still Can’t Find Its Way Out of the Slump

22 April 2026 at 15:44
BoF luxury editors Mimosa Spencer and Robert Williams unpack why weak first-quarter results from LVMH, Kering and Hermès have deepened concerns about luxury’s slowdown – and why creative resets alone are not enough to restore growth.

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The Louis Vuitton Sanlitun flagship store located in the Taikoo Li Sanlitun shopping district in Beijing, China.

Francesca Bellettini’s Plan For Kering

30 September 2024 at 04:27
Topping off a transformative tenure at Saint Laurent, the Italian executive and BoF 500 member is co-piloting fashion’s highest-stakes turnaround effort as owner Kering’s deputy CEO for brand development. Can Bellettini engineer a rebirth for the luxury giant and its flagship label Gucci?

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Francesca Bellettini is co-piloting fashion’s highest-stakes turnaround effort as Kering’s deputy CEO for brand development.

Lorenzo Bertelli: The Prince of Prada Prepares to Take the Wheel

3 October 2023 at 04:30
The 35 year-old former racecar driver — son of designer Miuccia Prada and chairman Patrizio Bertelli — is restructuring the Milanese group from the inside out. ‘Everything’s changing so that everything can stay the same,’ said the BoF 500 cover star about readying Prada for its next chapter.

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‘Everything’s changing so that everything can stay the same,’ said the BoF 500 cover star about readying Prada for its next chapter.
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