Commerce
July 10, 2013
By Joe McCarthy
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton's $2.6 billion deal for 80 percent control of Italian cashmere giant Loro Piana will give the French luxury conglomerate an iron lock on the entire supply chain.
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