Laure Guilbault

1 week ago | voguebusiness.com | Laure Guilbault

Become a Vogue Business Member to receive unlimited access to Member-only reporting and insights, our Beauty and TikTok Trend Trackers, Member-only newsletters and exclusive event invitations. Two of fashion’s most significant PR players are joining forces in London. Lucien Pagès Communication and AIPR are merging to create a new entity named Lucien Pagès & AIPR in the UK, the two firms announced on Wednesday. Lucien Pagès Communication’s Paris and New York offices will remain separate.

2 weeks ago | voguebusiness.com | Laure Guilbault

Join executive Americas editor, Hilary Milnes, on Thursday 15 May, to explore the best practices for fashion and beauty executives as tariffs and trade policy evolve in real time at our upcoming Insider Roundtable. Register here. The fourth quarter of 2024 suggested luxury was poised for a gradual — and very welcome — recovery. But macroeconomic turmoil and persistent weakness in China have stalled the rebound.

2 weeks ago | vogue.com.tw | Laure Guilbault |Chen Kun Yu

開雲集團這週三表示，第一季營收同比下滑14%至39億歐元，略低於市場預期；其中Gucci銷售額甚至下降了25%，同樣低於預期，並延續了去年第四季度的下滑頹勢（當時Gucci銷售額下降24%）。 Bernstein分析師Luca Solca寫道：「這證實了我們的觀察——Gucci的復甦尚未出現，且可能會在奢侈品需求放緩下，面臨更艱難的局勢。」 開雲集團董事長暨首席執行長François-Henri Pinault則在聲明中指出：「正如我們預期的，開雲集團今年開局艱難。在這樣環境下，我們將全力執行既定行動計畫，以實現我們的策略與財務目標，並強化旗下品牌在各個市場的定位。我們也將提高警覺，以應對當前產業所面臨的整體經濟逆風。我堅信，我們最終將更強韌地走出這段困境。」 Bottega Veneta 成為開雲財報中的唯一亮點，銷售額成長了 4%，與開雲的眼鏡和美妝部門一同逆勢上揚（增長 3%）。但像是Saint Laurent的銷售額則持續走弱，繼上季下滑8%後，本季再跌9%；其他品牌包含Balenciaga與Alexander McQueen也下滑了11%。...

3 weeks ago | voguebusiness.com | Laure Guilbault

Kering said on Wednesday that Q1 revenue fell 14 per cent to €3.9 billion on a comparable basis, just below expectations, while Gucci sales dropped 25 per cent, also below expectations and continuing the downward trend from the fourth quarter, when Gucci sales were down 24 per cent. “This confirms our understanding that the Gucci revival is yet to appear and will likely face a more difficult context, as luxury consumer demand softens,” Bernstein analyst Luca Solca wrote.

3 weeks ago | voguebusiness.com | Laure Guilbault

Harold James has been appointed L’Oréal Paris’s new global makeup artist. The 37-year-old French artist succeeds British artist Val Garland, who had been in the role since 2017. “Harold James’s work celebrates women’s infinite diversity through makeup,” Delphine Viguier-Hovasse, L’Oréal Paris global president, said in a statement. “Along with his tremendous capacity for listening to each woman’s needs, he uses his considerable talent to reveal each woman’s individuality and unique worth.