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.
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.
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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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From time to time, the Vienna Philharmonic could play without a conductor because they are so good.
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Affordable luxury – these are two words that don’t go together.
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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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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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I take time to get close to, and I don’t immediately throw my arms round someone.
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A good product can last forever.
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In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.
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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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In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.
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Luxury goods are the only area in which it is possible to make luxury margins.
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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 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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A good product can last forever.
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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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