I take time to get close to, and I don’t immediately throw my arms round someone.
BERNARD ARNAULTI take time to get close to, and I don’t immediately throw my arms round someone.
BERNARD ARNAULTIt is not enough to have a talented designer; the management must be inspired too. The creative process is very disorganised; the production process has to be very rational.
BERNARD ARNAULTI am and will remain a tax resident in France and in this regard I will, like all French people, fulfill my fiscal obligations.
BERNARD ARNAULTI 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.
BERNARD ARNAULTIn the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.
BERNARD ARNAULTIt’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.
BERNARD ARNAULTWorking 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. 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.
BERNARD ARNAULTWhen something has to be done, do it! In France we are full of good ideas, but we rarely put them into practice.
BERNARD ARNAULTOh, I was brought up in the north of France, and I had a very enjoyable childhood with my family working as entrepreneur.
BERNARD ARNAULTI like that combination between creativity and the creative process and the organization needed to make a business like this successful worldwide.
BERNARD ARNAULTI’ve always been pleased with the investments I’ve made with my friend Albert Frere and I regret not having followed him more, because I would have been a lot richer.
BERNARD ARNAULTChina is clearly going to be the number one economic power and it is already full of potential.. with lots of population and the buying power increasing by the day. .
BERNARD ARNAULTOnce we decided to do a tower in New York, it had to say something about our group, reflecting the mix of modernity and creativity in our organization. It’s a symbol.
BERNARD ARNAULTLuxury goods are the only area in which it is possible to make luxury margins.
BERNARD ARNAULTI think this is a challenge we face, how the global region will evolve in stability with such a fast growth. If they succeed to do that, no doubt, in the next generation it will be the major area of the world, economically.
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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