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The Taste of Luxury

Disciplines:
journalism
business history

Summary

Nadège Forestier and Nazanine Ravai's out-of-print account of Bernard Arnault's acquisition of LVMH — written contemporaneously with the events — providing an insider view of the deals, the personalities, and the French business world reactions.

Core Contribution

Provides the only contemporaneous narrative account of Arnault's LVMH acquisition — written before Arnault's reputation was fully established — capturing the shock and controversy of the takeover that built the luxury conglomerate era.

Historical Influences

Nadège Forestier Nazanine Ravai

Intellectual Lineage

French Business JournalismLuxury Industry History

Allied Works

The Luxury Strategy Deluxe

Contemporaries & Peers

The Luxury Strategy

Minds Influenced

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Intellectual Posterity

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