Laure Guilbault

Luxury's hopes for a slight first-quarter rebound have been set back, as conflict in the Middle East delivers a blow to performance.

It's a new era for A.P.C. The French brand has appointed Ludivine Poiblanc as artistic director.

“We're aiming for €10 billion,” says L'Oréal Paris global brand president Laetitia Toupet. “We're confident. We are the number one global brand.

Even before Matthieu Blazy's debut collection hit stores this March, resulting in a well-documented Chanel-mania , the French house had rebounded.

Italian fashion designer Giambattista Valli has acquired full ownership of his brand from Artémis, the holding company of the Pinault family that controls Kering.

At this year's Cannes Film Festival, the buzz extended well beyond the big screen.

After confirming they had begun discussions for a merger on March 23 , Puig and Estée Lauder Companies announced today in separate statements that they did not reach an agreement.

The Cartier owner reported a strong sales performance in the US and Asia-Pacific, more than offsetting pressures in the Middle East.

It might seem like a show season dominated by stateside locations only just ended, but a slew of French houses have already returned to US soil.

A few days before the former Renault chief Luca de Meo took on his role as CEO of Kering in September, the group held a combined general meeting