<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>LVMH ownership changes · Brandtree</title><link>https://brandtree.org/company/lvmh</link><atom:link href="https://brandtree.org/company/lvmh/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Acquisitions, divestitures and ownership changes involving LVMH.</description><item><title>Acquisition: LVMH — Tiffany &amp; Co.</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-tiffany-2021</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-tiffany-2021</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>LVMH acquired Tiffany &amp; Co. for $131.50 a share after renegotiating down from $135 during the pandemic and settling litigation between the parties. It is the largest acquisition in luxury goods.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: LVMH — Loro Piana</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-loro-piana-2013</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-loro-piana-2013</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>LVMH acquired eighty per cent of Loro Piana for about €2 billion, with the founding family retaining the rest. The attraction was control of the supply of the finest cashmere and vicuña wool, which no amount of marketing can substitute for.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: LVMH — Bulgari</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-bulgari-2011</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-bulgari-2011</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>LVMH acquired Bulgari for about €4.3 billion, paying largely in shares so that the founding family became a substantial LVMH shareholder rather than simply selling out. It remains one of the largest jewellery acquisitions ever made.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: LVMH — Hublot</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-hublot-2008</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-hublot-2008</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>LVMH acquired Hublot, the first house to pair a gold case with a rubber strap, which was considered close to vandalism when it did so in 1980. Its name is French for porthole. The price was not disclosed.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: LVMH — Zenith</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-zenith-1999</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-zenith-1999</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 1999 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>LVMH acquired Zenith, whose El Primero automatic chronograph from 1969 survived only because a watchmaker hid the tooling in an attic when the owners ordered it destroyed during the quartz crisis. The movement is still in production. The price was not disclosed.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: LVMH — TAG Heuer</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-tag-heuer-1999</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-tag-heuer-1999</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 1999 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>LVMH acquired TAG Heuer, which had invented the first automatic chronograph movement in 1969 and timed Formula One races for decades. It was the largest of several watch purchases the group made that year and remains its biggest watch brand by volume. The price was not disclosed here.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: LVMH — Krug</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-krug-1999</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-krug-1999</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>LVMH acquired Krug, a champagne house that makes only prestige cuvees with no entry-level bottling at all, fermenting every plot separately in small oak casks before blending. Only the year is documented here and the price was not disclosed.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: LVMH — Marc Jacobs</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-marc-jacobs-1997</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-marc-jacobs-1997</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 1997 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>LVMH took a majority of the Marc Jacobs house and appointed its founder to design ready-to-wear for Louis Vuitton, a role he held for sixteen years. He had been dismissed from Perry Ellis five years earlier over a grunge collection now regarded as a landmark. Only the year is documented here.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: LVMH — Celine</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-celine-1996</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-celine-1996</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 1996 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>LVMH acquired Celine, which had begun in 1945 as a made-to-measure children's shoe shop in Paris before becoming a womenswear house. Successive creative directors have redefined it so completely that its identity is closely tied to whoever is designing. The price was not disclosed.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: LVMH — Berluti</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-berluti-1993</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-berluti-1993</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 1993 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>LVMH acquired Berluti, a Paris bespoke shoemaker founded in 1895 and known for a patination technique that colours leather by hand in layers. It became the group's principal menswear leather house alongside Louis Vuitton. Only the year is documented here.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: LVMH — Givenchy</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-givenchy-1988</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-givenchy-1988</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>LVMH acquired Givenchy, the Paris house whose founder had dressed Audrey Hepburn on and off screen for four decades, including the black dress in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Hubert de Givenchy stayed to design for a further seven years before retiring. Only the year is documented here and the price was not disclosed.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: LVMH — Ruinart</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-ruinart-1988</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/lvmh-acquires-ruinart-1988</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 1988 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>LVMH acquired Ruinart, the oldest established champagne house, founded in 1729 by the nephew of a monk who had recognised the commercial possibility of sparkling wine. Its chalk cellars in Reims are a UNESCO World Heritage site. Only the year is documented here.</description></item></channel></rss>