Today in luxury marketing:
Taking fashion in a new direction
But there is no stepping aside for Mr Pinault from PPR, the retail group of which he is chairman and chief executive, after his recent decision to directly managethemoney-spinning luxury division– dominated by its Gucci label, according to FT.
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