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June 2025

Britain pays the price for ignoring luxury
Will the UK government ever bring back tax-free shopping for visiting tourists?
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Conrad Quilty-Harper
What Dior CEO Delphine Arnault failed to mention in her big interview
Clue: it's to do with an outsourcing scandal in Italy and a €2 million settlement
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Alfred Tong
Disrupting the old boys of wine
Blockchain-powered tech allows new money to buy old wines with confidence
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Conrad Quilty-Harper
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The one blot on new Kering CEO Luca de Meo's CV
And why it matters for Gucci
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Conrad Quilty-Harper
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Alfred Tong
Pinault's all-or-nothing Gucci gamble
Kering boss rumoured to be giving up CEO role as Gucci adopts see-now, buy-now strategy for Gvasalia collection. Plus, Menswear Guy vs JD Vance and AI…
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Alfred Tong
Data and dinner gossip: the luxury short-seller betting against LVMH
Anonymous short-seller Intern Pierre on how he decides which luxury brands are on the way down
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Conrad Quilty-Harper
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Alfred Tong
Can Anderson's creativity survive the big job at Dior?
Dark Luxury's weekly news round-up for the 4 June: Is jewellery the new safe bet, Ralph Lauren proves bourgeois endures and why size matters for super…
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Alfred Tong
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May 2025

Inside Louis Vuitton’s Barcelona flagship: Fear, criminal gangs and retaliation
What happens when a luxury brand like Louis Vuitton leaves an opening for criminals to exploit? And who pays the price when management decides to turn a…
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Conrad Quilty-Harper
Sweatshops, brand blacklists and bagflation
In this week's Dark Luxury news round-up
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Conrad Quilty-Harper
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Alfred Tong
A neo-Nazi fashion non-controversy
Don’t believe everything you read on Substack
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Conrad Quilty-Harper
A tale of two handbags
...and two luxury stocks
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Conrad Quilty-Harper
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