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How Big Can Luxury Brands Get?

Kering aims to grow Gucci to €15 billion in annual sales, far beyond what conventional wisdom once deemed possible.
A store window with four pairs of Gucci sunglasses. Three of the sunglasses have large round lens while one pair is a black cat eye shape.
Luxury’s megabrands still have expansion opportunities in new categories and geographies. (Getty Images)

Around the time LVMH and PPR (now Kering) were locking horns over acquisition target Gucci, word on the street was that the maximum turnover a luxury brand could achieve before becoming overexposed and losing its lustre was $2 billion. Since then, that number has been far surpassed by luxury’s biggest names, including Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Hermès and Gucci itself. Last month, Kering announced a medium-term annual sales target of €15 billion for Gucci, almost 50 percent more than its already substantial sales base.

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