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Luxury’s Latest Battleground: Real Estate

Top luxury groups are buying real estate to secure landmark store locations with serious implications for second-tier players who are already struggling to stay on key luxury streets, writes Luca Solca.
Top luxury groups are buying real estate to secure landmark store locations, writes Luca Solca.
Top luxury groups are buying real estate to secure landmark store locations, writes Luca Solca. (Getty Images)

Luxury brands are locked in a retail arms race that favours players with the scale to keep up with ever-escalating costs and capital expenditure requirements.

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How LVMH Dominates the Luxury Business

Above all, the French conglomerate benefits from the sheer scale of its core megabrand Louis Vuitton, setting in motion a virtuous cycle that powers profit generation, writes Luca Solca.

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