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LVMH shareholders have voted to allow Bernard Arnault to remain at the helm of the world's largest luxury group until he is 85

Arnault can remain as LVMH CEO until he is 85 - AGM

LVMH shareholders have today voted to allow Bernard Arnault, 76, to remain at the helm of the world's largest luxury group until he is 85.

Business • 17 Apr

LVMH's fourth-quarter sales for the three months to the end of December rose 1% to €23.9 billion in a further sign the luxury sector is recovering from a recent downturn

LVMH touts good start to 2025 but Q4 results underwhelm

LVMH has made a good start to 2025, CEO Bernard Arnault said last night, after the luxury conglomerate posted a slight rise in fourth-quarter sales, though analysts cautioned it may still fall short of heightened market expectations after recent share gains.

Business • 29 Jan

Bernard Arnault is LVMH's chairman and CEO and one of the world's richest people

LVMH's Arnault didn't know about 'illegal surveillance'

LVMH boss Bernard Arnault said he did not know about allegedly illegal surveillance ordered by a trusted associate almost a decade ago, as he testified in at times fiery exchanges with lawyers in the trial of a former French spy chief.

Business • 29 Nov 24

LVMH chief Bernard Arnault to testify in France spy trial

LVMH Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault is set to testify at a Paris court in the trial of France's former spy chief Bernard Squarcini, a case that has cast light on the lengths to which the world's biggest luxury group has allegedly gone to protect its image.

Business • 28 Nov 24

LVMH's Bernard Arnault, Red Bull in talks to buy Paris FC

French billionaire and LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault has teamed up with energy drinks company Red Bull to buy a controlling stake in French second-tier soccer club Paris FC, the Arnault family office said today.

Business • 17 Oct 24

A Lady Dior bag from LVMH retails online at $11,500

LVMH grows sales as luxury shoppers show resilience

Luxury goods group LVMH has posted a 10% rise in fourth-quarter sales, as growth edged up from the previous quarter, driven by resilient demand - including from Chinese buyers - for its high-end fashion over the all-important end-of-year period.

Business • 26 Jan 24

LVMH's star designer label Louis Vuitton, by far the world's biggest, surpassed €20 billion in sales for the first time

LVMH's sales defy downturn as shoppers splurge

Luxury goods group LVMH's sales rose 9% in the fourth quarter as shoppers in Europe and the US splurged over the crucial Christmas season, helping partly to offset Covid disruptions in China.

Business • 27 Jan 23

Luxury billionaire Arnault sells out of Carrefour

French luxury goods billionaire Bernard Arnault has sold out of supermarket group Carrefour, the retailer he first invested in 14 years ago and whose potential takeover by Canada's Couche-Tard unravelled earlier this year.

Business • 01 Sep 21

More than 99% of Tiffany shareholders 'votes cast were in favour of the deal with France's LMVH

Tiffany shareholders back LVMH takeover, ending dispute

US jeweller Tiffany & Co's shareholders today approved a $15.8 billion deal with France's LVMH, ending an acrimonious dispute between the two luxury retailers that had stretched for more than a year.

Business • 30 Dec 20

The lower price for the deal ends the legal battle between Tiffany and LVMH

LVMH, Tiffany agree on lower price in $16 billion deal

US jeweller Tiffany & Co has agreed with LVMH to slightly lower the price of its acquisition by the French luxury goods group, ending a bitter legal dispute between the two, the companies said today.

Business • 29 Oct 20

Billionaire Bernard Arnault ups his stake in French conglomerate Lagardere

Arnault's Agache to hold 27% of Lagardere LCM unit

Billionaire Bernard Arnault moved to shore up his influence in French conglomerate Lagardere by acquiring a 27% stake in Arnaud Lagardere's personal holding firm.

Business • 19 Aug 20

LVMH has reported a slump in both its second-quarter sales and profits due to Covid-19

Louis Vuitton owner flags turnaround after sales slump

LVMH's shares fell today, weighing on the broader European luxury goods sector, after the Covid-19 pandemic tore a hole into the Louis Vuitton owner's second-quarter results.

Business • 28 Jul 20

Pledges have been made to help reconstruct the 850-year-old Gothic building

Pledges pour in to help rebuild Notre-Dame after fire

Pledges to donate millions of euro in cash and materials have been made in the aftermath of a massive fire at the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris.

World • 16 Apr 19

A major fire has caused extensive damage to Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris

Arnault, LVMH, Kering & Total donate Notre-Dame funds

French billionaire businessman Bernard Arnault's family and his LVMH luxury goods group will donate €200m to help repair Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, a statement issued on behalf of Arnault said.

Business • 16 Apr 19

LVMH's billionaire boss Bernard Arnault said the company was confident about 2019

LVMH shares rally after strong annual results

LVMH shares surged higher today after the company struck a "cautiously" confident tone for the year and said sales had picked up in China in the fourth quarter.

Business • 30 Jan 19

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