Kering’s sale of its Gucci beauty licence and Creed brand to L’Oréal for €4 billion reflects CEO Luca de Meo’s push to shed non-core assets and ease the group’s mounting debt.

Prada tightens its grip on the Italian fashion landscape with a bold EUR 1.25 billion acquisition of Versace, signalling a strategic consolidation of power within the region’s luxury sector.

Utilising the “lipstick effect”, can the power of perfumes and the blissful beauty industry overcome a slump in fashion sales?

It’s all good at the House of Gucci as The Kering Group sets sights on long-terms goals in stead of short-term returns.

Kering and LVMH go head-to-head with their own conglomerate strategy dynamics — from a Kering acquisition to an LVMH sponsorship deal of Olympic proportions.

The all-cash transaction merges Creed’s potential across categories and geographies alongside Kering’s plans for expansion