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Spring summer 2022 shoe trend: The slide on mule

When Bottega Veneta launched its leather stack mule shoe last year, a robust platform slider exuding comfort in all its largesse, it was always going to spark a category trend. Fast forward to the spring 2022 collections and the mule is here to stay, specifically of the slip-on variety, with enough high street iterations available to keep buyers...

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After quitting social media, Bottega Veneta launches digital magazine

Bottega Veneta has launched a new digital magazine called Issue. The debut quarterly publication is an audiovisual feast and curated with a roster of luminaries including Barbara Hulanicki, Missy Elliott and Walter Pfeiffer. There is plenty of fashion editorial and catwalk footage, but also music, video and graphics. The online publication is...

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Kering FY2020 revenues drop by 17.6 percent

Total revenue generated by Kering’s Houses in 2020 amounted to 12,676.6 million euros, down 17.6 percent reported and 16.5 percent on a comparable basis. The company said in a statement that while the health crisis and lockdown measures took a heavy toll on the Houses’ first-half sales (down 30.2 percent), the situation improved significantly in...

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Bottega Veneta launches SS21 campaign the old-fashioned way

Bottega Veneta this week unveiled its Spring Summer 2021 advertising campaign, although not via its recently muted social media channels or even its own website. Shot in Milan and photographed by British photographer Tyrone Lebon, the images were first reported by WWD and quickly proliferated online. The photos show richness in texture, fabrics...

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Video: The Fashion Archive discusses fashion label Bottega Veneta deleting its social media

In this video, The Fashion Archive discusses fashion label Bottega Veneta and why the brand deleted all of its social media accounts. Watch the video below. Video: The Fashion Archive via YouTube Photo credit: Unsplash

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Bottega Veneta exits social media on all platforms

Bottega Veneta has quietly closed its social media accounts, exiting Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, sparking an end to its social marketing communications. In an unprecedented move for a luxury fashion house, the Kering-owned company has chosen to restrict its digital communications, going against the tide of most marketing strategies. In...

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Bottega Veneta shows SS21 collection salon-style in London

Bottega Veneta this week showed its Spring Summer 2021 collection in London’s Sadler’s Wells, an intimate performance art venue best known for its spectacular contemporary dance calendar. Like so many other theatres, it had to close its doors during lockdown. Creative Director Daniel Lee isn’t a fan of the digital stage, instead preferring live,...

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Kering Group Houses continue Covid-19 support as pandemic rages on

For all the havoc Covid-19 has caused around the world, the fashion industry pulled together to offer relief efforts, demonstrating they can be a force for good as much as change. Smaller businesses pivoted to manufacture face masks or donated a portion of profits to local communities. Others, like conglomerate Kering, provided millions of euros...

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Some luxury brands are beating Q3 exceptions

Last week LVMH set a precedent for other luxury groups when it posted double digit growth for its fashion and accessories businesses in Q3. While in the first nine months organic revenue declined by 11 percent, due to global lockdown measures and store closures, the third quarter saw a strong rebound in activity, with a growth of 12 percent....

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How shoppers will see out the rest of 2020

It has been just over six months since the start of global lockdowns. A battered and bruised retail industry has been slow to recalibrate and recover from the grip of Covid-19. Even after physical retailers reopened this past June in the UK, others in the US are only just now returning to pre-pandemic business hours. Many global heavyweights,...

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Kering posts worst quarterly sales on record

The Asia rebound for luxury goods demand didn’t buy LVMH, which saw a loss of 68 percent in revenue in the second quarter. It also didn’t boost Kering’s sales, which posted a loss of 43.7 percent to 2.175 billion dollars compared to the same period last year. Kering said consolidated revenue of 5.38 billion in H1 was down 30.1 percent. on a...

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Kering Q1 hit hard by Covid-19, sales down 15 percent

French luxury conglomerate Kering, whose portfolio includes brands Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta, has revealed the extent to which Covid-19 has impacted the business in the first quarter of the year. The group’s revenue fell by 15.4 percent on a reported basis and 16.4 percent on a comparable basis to 3.2 to billion euros, with...