Legal/privacy
April 3, 2013
By Tricia Carr
Leather goods and silk scarves maker Hermès is fending off luxury conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton from silently achieving a majority stake to keep the private brand’s traditional business model intact.
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