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Bernard Arnault

China 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. .
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Buying Numbers Population Potential
In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.
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Build Business Heritage Luxury Yourself
Once 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.
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Construction Creativity Decision Modern Organization Ourselves Symbol Tower
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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Country Group Opposites People World
I’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.
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Investment Made Pleased Regret Richer
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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Business Creativity Success
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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Childhood Country Enjoyable Entrepreneur
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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Capital Detracting Investment Venture
I take time to get close to, and I don’t immediately throw my arms round someone.
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Arms Rounds Take Time
From time to time, the Vienna Philharmonic could play without a conductor because they are so good.
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Conductor Country Good Play
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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Bad Business Effect Globalization Group Opposite Ourselves
Louis Vuitton, the world’s biggest luxury brand in terms of sales, is planning to dampen its expansion worldwide and focus on high-end products to preserve its exclusive image.
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Brand Expand Expensive Image Reputation Term World
It 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.
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Art Business Creative Design Enough Management Process Production Rational
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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Action Country Ideas Practice Thinking
I take time to get close to, and I don’t immediately throw my arms round someone.
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Close Myself Time Togetherness
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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Arms Certain Close Reserve Style True
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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Building Creative Engineering Jobs Success
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. 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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Big Brand Capital Context Famous Investment Money Work
Once 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.
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Country Creativity Group Organization
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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DNA People Thinking Unpredictable
From time to time, the Vienna Philharmonic could play without a conductor because they are so good.
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Exceptional Play Time
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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Business Learning Myself Patience Right Thinking Time Yourself
China 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. .
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Country Day Economics Future Oneself Potential Power
Luxury goods are the only area in which it is possible to make luxury margins.
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Areas Business Luxury Money Product Profit Yourself
A good product can last forever.
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Forever Lasts Products
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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Inspiration Learning Right Thinking Time
Luxury goods are the only area in which it is possible to make luxury margins.
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Goods Luxury Margin

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