Today in luxury marketing:
LVMH CEO stars in the second handbag war
On his way to creating the world’s biggest luxury group and becoming the richest man in France, Bernard Arnault has made a career of swallowing grand, family-owned businesses and the years he has picked many a fight with founders of luxury firms, or their heirs, who were unwilling to sell, according to The Economist.
Click here to read the entire story on the Economist
{"ct":"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","iv":"7d4c94af0e82308e61c48e348dd934b6","s":"fb91017e861f1428"}