LVMH

The latest LVMH handbag on the arm of a Shanghai yuppie is a a year's earnings for a Shaanxi farmer.

According to one person familiar with the matter, LVMH acquired a six per cent stake through this route.

As reliable and sturdy as one of its own handbags, therefore, Vuitton is carrying LVMH fairly comfortably through the recession.

If PPR were to challenge LVMH more directly, the result would be further tussles over the few remaining independent luxury-goods firms.

The move shows how LVMH is trying to grow without resorting to costly acquisitions .

But however much support eBay can drum up in Brussels, it is unlikely to distract attention from the forthcoming decision in LVMH's lawsuit.

The reason, it says, is that Gucci was one of Morgan's best investment-banking clients, so making LVMH look bad was good for Gucci.

Outside the top trio of LVMH, the Gucci Group and Burberry, many independent designers have had a tougher time growing.

Paris-based LVMH is a luxury conglomerate and an exception to my rule of thumb that fashion rarely lends itself to long-term dominance.

The U. S. and Japan have been the toughest markets for LVMH's star fashion brand, Louis Vuitton.

LVMH, by contrast, has never taken such an approach, he says, instead emphasising quality, innovation and creativity.

This results the widening of LVMH distribution channels as well as providing DFS a bigger selection of world known brands and products.

LVMH's plan was to create a fashion house which would sell products from haute couture to handbags and perfume.

The project is 'a natural extension of activities in luxury hospitality with Cheval Blanc, ' LVMH said in a statement.

Louis Vuitton, part of the LVMH group, ran advertisements showing workers using a needle and thread and other artisanal techniques.

Since then, he has continued to build LVMH's brand portfolio.

Bernard Arnault, chairman and chief executive of LVMH, believes that the whole industry needs to rebrand itself.

Bernard Arnault, LVMH's chairman, is known for his penchant for acquiring family-owned firms.

Luxury retailer LVMH's new Catherine Deneuve-led advertising campaign features a tag line that supports the Climate Project.

At a multiple of 18 times 2011's estimated earnings, LVMH shares trade roughly in line with its peers.

Louis Vuitton is a subsidiary of LVMH, the leading global group to specialize in prestigious luxury products.

Even LVMH will face a challenge as Chinese consumers become aware of a wider range of brands.

The LVMH group will offer a scholarship to three CEIBS MBA students interested in the luxury goods business .

Shareholders are nervous that LVMH will pay too high a price for a large acquisition.

LVMH tested the concept with a first location that opened in the French ski resort Courchevel in 2006.

Senior members of Bulgari's controlling family are likely to take roles at LVMH, the person said.

Louis Vuitton, LVMH's fashion brand, has postponed a week-long car rally in China until next year or 2010.

Group Arnault, LVMH boss boldly from different countries, the young and the idea of designers.

Like many top hotel operators, LVMH is limiting its exposure to the volatile hotel industry.

LVMH is expected officially to disclose its interests by Wednesday at the latest.

Mr Lacroix's fashion house had lost money every year since it was founded in 1987 inside LVMH, a luxury-goods group.

The hotel staff will be employed by Orascom, a spokeswoman for LVMH said.

Now, as the industry leader, there are few targets for LVMH that would have a significant impact on its growth.

Some supporters of the boycott have also said that LVMH "donated a lot of money to the Dalai Lama. "

On December 21st LVMH said it had increased its stake to 20. 2%.

And as luxury brand builders go, few do it better than LVMH.

A few years earlier, LVMH developed a new high-end rum, 10 Cane, instead of buying an existing brand.

LVMH was only pledging to do what the new French law already obliges it to.

LVMH claims that between 1999 and 2002, Morgan Stanley was deliberately unfair to LVMH in its equity research.

It started off small in 1925 but has gained world-wide recognition as it is owned by LVMH.

Where LVMH goes, the luxury industry looks set to follow.

The new LVMH Hotel Management business has six employees.

Most feared is LVMH, which has just over 18% of the global champagne market.

Radha Chadha, an expert in luxury brands at Chadha Strategy Consulting, notes firms like LVMH manage a big family of brands.

The trouble is that Bernard Arnault, the boss of LVMH, says he does not intend to sell his drinks business.

That leads some people to question whether LVMH is overly dependent on the leather-goods firm.

In theory, the answer could lie in strengthening some of LVMH's smaller names, such as Fendi, a fashion and leather-goods brand.

LVMH, the world's biggest luxury-goods group, reported higher-than-expected earnings for the first half of 2010.

SEPHORA, leading beauty retailer founded in France, star brand of LVMH Group, has opened around 800 stores in 21 countries.

Under the agreed transaction, the family is to swap its shares for stock in LVMH, the person said.

LVMH on Tuesday reported nine-month Asian revenues, in local currency, up 27 per cent.

LVMH grew throughout the 1990s and until 2001 thanks to expensive acquisitions.

LVMH is the world's largest luxury-goods company, measured by sales.

LVMH's hotels will be a showcase for many of its brands.

According to LVMH, in the first half of 2009 sales to Chinese people (at home and travelling) made up 18% of Vuitton's revenue.

The group said it is evaluating future hotel projects.

LVMH is a defensive play in luxury terms.

Under her charge were major clients such as LVMH, HP, Mengniu Dairies, China Merchants Bank, Nokia and Sony.

In 2007, luxury group LVMH Moet Hennessy bought a 55% stake in Wen Jun, a baijiu distillery, for 960 million yuan.

In timepieces, LVMH has a 6. 8 per cent stake in Hengdeli, China's biggest watch retailer.

LVMH sells its baijiu for about $70 a bottle.

LVMH, the largest luxury goods group, is moving into the country aggressively as are Cartier, the jewellery maker, and Coach, the bag brand.