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...L’Occitane’s current chairman and chief executive is Austrian billionaire Reinold Geiger, who first invested in the company in 1994....
...Another test would be winning over controlling shareholder Reinold Geiger. The Austrian billionaire, a former ski champion, is now 71 but has shown little sign of wanting to sell....
...“We have been in Brazil for more than 17 years,” said Reinold Geiger, L’Occitane’s chief executive....
...(chief executive of L’Occitane) to build a hilltop amphitheatre for an annual classical music programme....
...Reinold Geiger, chairman and CEO of L’Occitane, said: During the year, we continued to implement our strategic plan in boosting sales growth and strengthening our presence globally through accelerated store...
...“We’ve sold more than 200 pairs of exotic men’s shoes in Harrods since June,” says Scott Tepper, part of the Kurt Geiger group and head of footwear buying for Harrods, Selfridges and Liberty....
...The private company was founded by Olivier Baussan in 1976 and control was ceded to Austrian-born Reinold Geiger in 1995. Mr Geiger, chairman, holds a 52 per cent stake....
...While he must have been tempted to join the Paris-based Euronext platform, Reinold Geiger, L’Occitane chairman and majority owner, is calculating on achieving a higher valuation in brand-obsessed Asia....
...Love Espadrilles’ Tomalin concedes that brighter colours and patterns may require a braver male customer, while French footwear brands String Republic and B-Sided have addressed the issue with trompe l’oeil...
...Others, such as Kurt Geiger and Valentino, remain in private equity hands, and investors will be looking to exit at a future date....
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