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...When it opened its newly revamped Paris store in 2022, Dior had significantly expanded the space and included features such as a restaurant and pâtisserie....
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...One way is through engaging in-store experiences such as its latest large-scale installation — a recreation of the Pont Neuf in Paris to mark Pharrell Williams’ first collection for Louis Vuitton....
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...Pepsico products are also being removed from Carrefour’s ecommerce sites, although some existing stock may still be visible in stores, a person involved in the process said....
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...With its red-orange colour scheme, it reminds me of walking into the YSL store with my mother in the 1970s. The food is very special, in particular the amazing sashimi....
...Prada in December agreed a $425mn purchase of its New York flagship store. The Milan deal is the largest single property sale in Europe since March 2022, said MSCI....
...In early November, a group of around 20 top managers from luxury group Kering and British online retailer Farfetch gathered in the Paris-based group’s elegant board room....
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...Guiony also said that the group had hoped for “a very gradual improvement” in the US, with the return to stores of aspirational customers whose budgets have been squeezed as interest rates and inflation...
...The recently renovated 12,900 square foot flagship store on Paris’ Champs-Élysées is staffed by 40 to 50 salespeople per shift to ensure good service....
...Paris-based Kering said on Tuesday that sales in the first quarter are expected to fall by 10 per cent year on year on a comparable basis, with those at Gucci — which accounted for two-thirds of group operating...
...Despite being named “the most beautiful avenue in the world”, and luring some 300,000 people each day to its theatres, monuments and designer stores, the 1.17-mile stretch – traced by Louis XIV’s principal...
...And, if you have the good fortune to cross the threshold of one of Owens’ ascetic, mausoleum-esque stores around the world, invest in his wearable knitwear, or his down jackets, or his supple leathers....
...Arnault’s children work at the group, where they have been paired with mentors among his top executives, having been prepared for their roles since they were young, accompanying him as teenagers on weekend store...
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