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Landmark agreement between the luxury group home to some of the world’s most desired luxury brands and Alibaba

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Kering Luxury Group and Alibaba Group Agree to Cooperate in Protection of Intellectual Property and Joint Enforcement. Kering Luxury Group is taking proactive measures and using advanced technology to help law enforcement bodies and other relevant authorities to address the challenges of intellectual property infringement. The luxury group owner of some of the world’s most … Read more

CEOs from Apple, Rimowa, LVMH, and Alibaba in the jury for first LVMH Innovation Award at Viva Technology 2017

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The biggest luxury group of the world announces jury for first LVMH Innovation Award at Viva Technology 2017. This year VivaTech will welcome 50,000 attendees from around the world including 5,000 startups, 1,000 investors, and 400 speakers with names like Eric Schmidt, John Collison, Jeff Immelt and Daniel Zhang. The second edition of Viva Technology … Read more

Chanel is the leader in Global Luxury Brand Conversation replacing Louis Vuitton’s ranking, says Report

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. The overall digital luxury conversation grew by 75% year-over-year and social chatter more than doubled for the top 15 luxury brands, says the second annual NetBase Brand Passion Report: Luxury Brands online. Ranking the top 45 luxury brands based on volume of social mentions and intensity of consumer sentiment, the report looked at more than … Read more

Jack Ma (Alibaba), Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Patrick Drahi are this year’s top gainers

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The Biggest Gainers And Losers Of 2014. Wealth-X study. According to Wealth-X, the biggest gainer of 2014 was Alibaba founder and executive chairman Jack Ma, the former English teacher-turned billionaire entrepreneur. Ma’s fortune swelled by US$18.5 billion this year to US$29.2 billion, representing an increase of 173%, largely due to Alibaba’s blockbuster IPO in September … Read more

Luxury brands in a quandary as China’s wealthy young develop resistance to bling

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Gucci and Prada’s financial results are disappointing and there’s a fear that the west can’t provide what sophisticated Chinese shoppers want

Bill Gates urges China’s wealthiest to give to charity

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Businessman makes plea in People’s Daily for country to improve bad philanthropic record by investing in the poor