Kering Honors Swiss Director Carmen Jaquier With Women in

13 May

PARIS — Kering will award this yr’s Women in Motion Emerging Talent prize to “Thunder” director Carmen Jaquier. “I'm very grateful to receive this award, especially from a visionary and provoking director like Ninja Thyberg. Because of Women in Motion, I even have a sense of sorority, which touches me and provides me hope on this desire I even have for reflection, rise up and transmission. I even have special feelings for all of the people — technicians, producers, screenwriters, actresses and actors — who fiercely committed themselves to my side for my first feature film, ‘Thunder,'” she said. The Swiss director was chosen by last yr’s honoree, Swedish director Thyberg. It's a Kering tradition for the Emerging Talent Award to be...

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25 Apr

Kering Eyes Ultra-Wealthy As Results Lag Peers

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Kering Eyes Ultra-Wealthy As Results Lag Peers

PARIS – Kering is counting on its wealthiest customers to assist it meet up with its luxury sector peers during what's a transitional 12 months for its star brand Gucci. The French luxury group, which also owns brands including Balenciaga, Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta, reported Tuesday that sales inched up by 2 percent in the primary quarter, sharply lagging its larger competitors LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton and Hermès International. Revenues within the three months to March 31 totaled 5.08 billion euros, representing a rise of 1 percent in comparable terms, amid a decline in revenues in North America and a gradual recovery in China. The modest sales increase got here on the heels of a 2 percent decline within the...

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25 Mar

Rosângela Rennó Wins Kering Women in Motion Prize for Photography

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Rosângela Rennó Wins Kering Women in Motion Prize for Photography

PARIS — Kering has named Rosângela Rennó the winner of its 2023 Women in Motion Award for photography, in recognition of the Brazilian artist’s work on discarded images rescued from various sources, from flea markets and web photos to institutional archives. She is as a consequence of receive the prize on July 4 in the course of the photography festival Les Rencontres d’Arles, which is able to host the primary major exhibition of her work in France. Supported by the Women in Motion program, the show will run from July 3 to Sept. 24, and Rennó will give a chat during an event on the Théâtre Antique in Arles. “She's going to present her work and share with the audience her personal...

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7 Jan

Will Kering Take Beauty In-house During 2023? – WWD

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Will Kering Take Beauty In-house During 2023? – WWD

Will — or won’t — Kering take beauty back in-house during 2023? And in that case, what form might that take? The excitement around such questions keeps intensifying, with industry experts wondering whether and when the French luxury conglomerate might attempt to take some, or all, of its licensed fashion and jewellery fragrance brands in-house. In addition they ponder if beauty brand acquisitions could be within the offing. Industry sources have said Kering was all for acquiring Byredo, which was snapped up by Puig in late May 2022, and Tom Ford, which was purchased by the Estée Lauder Cos. in December 2022, as an example. One thing’s for certain, though: Kering is mulling possibilities. Jean-Marc Duplaix, chief financial officer of Kering, within the context...

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