Ferragamo
Strategic Concepts & Mechanics
Primary Evidence
"Similarly, Kroll was commissioned by LVMH to obtain information on other competitors, such as Hermès, Versace, Ferragamo, or Armani. Regarding Domenico De Sole, the investigations that Kroll is conducting at the request of LVMH go far beyond9."
""Milan to live, to dream, to enjoy. This Milan… to drink," the Amaro Ramazzotti commercial captures the metropolis that conquers the world. Milan is the place to be to ride the hedonistic Eighties, those years in which Bettino Craxi and Silvio Berlusconi make the rules. The fashion designers – a term that virtually did not exist until the Seventies – become the stars of the decade; fashion week is the epicenter of a changing world. Credit goes to the three greats, nicknamed "the three G's": Giorgio Armani, Gianfranco Ferré, and Gianni Versace, the latter a visionary young man from Calabria and, a little later, the inventor of an international phenomenon, the supermodels. In 1986, President of the Republic Francesco Cossiga opens the doors of the Quirinal Palace to a large reception in honor of seven of the major Italian designers: Armani, Versace, Ferré, Valentino, Fendi, Krizia, and Ferragamo, and confers various honours on them. The awardees are among the protagonists of the made in Italy that has made fashion the second sector of the Italian economy, after tourism. "King George" Armani is the absolute protagonist of the phenomenon. Together with his partner Sergio Galeotti, he decides in 1975 to establish his own brand. He achieves global success in a very short time."
"The glasses of Kennedy and Tom Cruise Leonardo will end up buying them all, at the end of a decade in which everything he touches turns into gold. The company expands its portfolio of licenses with luxury brands, designer glasses become the main part of the business in the sector. In rapid succession, agreements were signed for Yves Saint Laurent in 1991, then Brooks Brothers, Sergio Tacchini, Emporio Armani, Bulgari, and Ferragamo in 1998, Chanel in 1999, Prada and Versace in 2003, after the divorce from Armani. But Leonardo is not satisfied with just licenses. If he sees an opportunity, he opens the door and buys."