LVMH brands

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Chapters: Christian Dior S.A., Louis Vuitton, TAG Heuer, Emilio Pucci, Moët & Chandon, Glenmorangie, Guerlain, Loewe, Dom Pérignon, Château d'Yquem, Veuve Clicquot, Hublot, Champagne Krug, Hennessy, La Samaritaine, Givenchy, Sephora, Parfums Christian Dior, Céline, DKNY, Fendi, Domaine Chandon California, Zenith, Chaumet, Acqua di Parma, Le Bon Marché, Parfums Givenchy, DFS Galleria, Glen Moray, Newton Vineyard, Ruinart, Cloudy Bay Vineyards, OMAS, Berluti, Princess Yachts, Thomas Pink. Excerpt: Christian Dior S.A. (French pronunciation: ) (more commonly known as Dior) is a French company which owns the high-fashion clothing producer and retailer Christian Dior Couture, as well as holding 42% of LVMH Moët Hennessy ¿ Louis Vuitton, the world's largest luxury goods firm. Both Dior and LVMH are controlled and chaired by businessman Bernard Arnault. The Dior label is the namesake of designer Christian Dior who launched the haute couture empire in 1946. Christian Dior Couture, a division of the whole House of Dior, designs and produces some of the world's most coveted haute couture, as well as luxury ready-to-wear fashion, menswear and accessories. Today, Dior operates about 160 boutiques worldwide with plans to open more in the coming years. Competitors to the House of Dior include, among many, the fashion houses of Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci, Versace, and Prada. The House of Dior was established on 16 December 1946, in "a private house" at 30 Avenue Montaigne Paris B. However, the current Dior corporation celebrates "1947" as the opening year. Dior was financially backed by wealthy businessman Marcel Boussac. The new couture house became a part of "a vertically integrated textile business" already operated by Boussac. Its capital was at FFr 6 million and workforce at 80 employees. The company was really a vanity project for Boussac and was a "majorly owned affiliate of Boussac Saint-Freres S.A. Nevertheless, Monsieur Dior was allowed a then-unusual great part in his namesake label (legal leadership, a non-controlling stake in the firm, and one-third of pretax profits) despite Boussac's reputation as a "control freak". Monsieur Dior's creativity also negotiated him a pleasant salary. On 12 February 1947, Dior launched his first fashion collection for Spring-Summer 1947. The show of "90 models of his first collection on six mannequins." was presented in the salons of the company's headquarters at 30 Avenue Montaigne. Originally, the two lin