In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.
BERNARD ARNAULTWhat we do in our group is the opposite of the bad effects of globalization. We produce in Italy and in France and we sell to China, when usually it’s the opposite.
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When something has to be done, do it! In France we are full of good ideas, but we rarely put them into practice.
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When I was working in my first job engineering construction, what I liked the most was working with architects and making buildings that had this creative side coming from the architect and that were making them a big success.
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I think in business, you have to learn to be patient. Maybe I’m not very patient myself. But I think that I’ve learned the most is be able to wait for something and get it when it’s the right time.
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When you are on the management side, you still have to understand the artistic sensibility so that there is a dialogue with the creative side.
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And rather than detracting from the principal job, it reinforces it. I think of that money as venture capital. It’s not a big investment.
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It’s true that I am not from the south and I have a certain reserve. I take time to get close to, and I don’t immediately throw my arms round someone. But it is more a question of style.
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Oh, I was brought up in the north of France, and I had a very enjoyable childhood with my family working as entrepreneur.
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In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.
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What we do in our group is the opposite of the bad effects of globalization. We produce in Italy and in France and we sell to China, when usually it’s the opposite.
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If you deeply appreciate and love what creative people do and how they think, which is usually in unpredictable and irrational ways, then you can start to understand them. And finally, you can see inside their minds and DNA.
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I am and will remain a tax resident in France and in this regard I will, like all French people, fulfill my fiscal obligations.
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Working in the context of ultra-famous brands like Dior and Vuitton, creative spirits are always going to feel reined in. It’s important that they are free to develop ideas.
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Affordable luxury – these are two words that don’t go together.
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I like that combination between creativity and the creative process and the organization needed to make a business like this successful worldwide.
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If you deeply appreciate and love what creative people do and how they think, which is usually in unpredictable and irrational ways, then you can start to understand them. And finally, you can see inside their minds and DNA.
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