LVMH

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The dominant luxury conglomerate; serious English-language coverage is surprisingly thin and mostly sits inside broader luxury-industry books.

8 books

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  1. Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its LusterDana Thomas, 2007
  2. The Taste of Luxury: Bernard Arnault and the Moet-Hennessy Louis Vuitton StoryNadège Forestier, Nazanine Ravaï, 1992
  3. The Luxury StrategyJean-Noël Kapferer, Vincent Bastien, 2008

Books 8

The House of Gucci
T2 The House of Gucci
Sara Gay Forden · 2000 · The takeover battle in which LVMH was the aggressor.
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Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster
T2 Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster
Dana Thomas · 2007 · The best-known account of LVMH-led mass luxury and outsourcing.
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The Taste of Luxury: Bernard Arnault and the
T3 The Taste of Luxury: Bernard Arnault and the Moet-Hennessy Louis Vuitton Story
Nadège Forestier, Nazanine Ravaï · 1992 · The takeover battles that assembled the group under Arnault.
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The End of Fashion
T3 The End of Fashion
Teri Agins · 1999 · How fashion became a branded consumer-goods business.
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The Luxury Strategy
T3 The Luxury Strategy
Jean-Noël Kapferer, Vincent Bastien · 2008 · The standard analytical text on the LVMH-style brand model.
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Gods and Kings
T3 Gods and Kings
Dana Thomas · 2015 · Galliano and McQueen inside the LVMH and Kering machine.
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Bernard Arnault: La passion créative
T4 Bernard Arnault: La passion créative
Bernard Arnault, Yves Messarovitch · 2000 · Insider account: Arnault interview book; French only.
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Luxury Brand Management
T4 Luxury Brand Management
Michel Chevalier, Gerald Mazzalovo · 2008 · Practitioner text on how luxury houses are actually run.
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