Michael Burke named LVMH Fashion Group chairman and CEO – ET Retail

Michael Burke PARIS: LVMH veteran executive Michael Burke has been appointed chairman and chief executive of LVMH Fashion Group, overseeing the luxury goods group’s fashion labels, it said on Thursday. Burke – chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault’s longest-serving lieutenant – replaces long-time Fashion Group head Sidney Toledano, who was named advisor to Arnault and will…

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Luxury slowdown prompts fears of inventory pile-up over key holiday season – ET Retail

PARIS: Early holiday shopping season discounts from high-end fashion retailers like Bergdorf Goodman on New York’s Fifth Avenue raised concern that a lacklustre Christmas could lead to inventory gluts – potentially dragging labels into a discounting spiral that would cheapen their image. The latest U.S. credit card data from Barclays released on Wednesday showed that…

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