French luxury goods maker Hermès said its frustration at having arch-rival LVMH as its biggest external shareholder at its annual general meeting on Tuesday and once more called on the group to sell its stake.
LVMH, the world’s biggest luxury group, which owns 23 percent of Hermès, was fined 8 million euros by the French market, AMF supervisor last year for failing to properly disclose its building of a stake before 2010. “We do not want shareholders that are rivals,” Hermès Chief Executive, Axel Dumas told the company’s annual shareholder meeting. “We want to preserve our independence.”
In an interview, Dumas said: “LVMH is totally free to sell its shares and to be honest, would be welcome to do so.” LVMH, owner of Louis Vuitton, Dior and Celine fashion brands, has repeatedly said Continue reading
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French designer Thierry Lasry launched his eponymous sunglass line in 2006. Raised in a highly creative environment by an optician father and a designer mother, Thierry Lasry goes on to create a sunglass brand aimed at a certain elite looking to mark themselves out from the crowd.
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For Dice Kayek the idea behind the omnipresence of this intense blue color and the construction of the designs stems essentially comes from my fascination with the Cosmos, the infinite space. Eternally mysterious, it never stops to amaze me, to intrigue me. I am asking myself a myriad of questions on the dark depths of its immensity as well as on the powerful and vibrant radiance of its stellar gems.