Some say that fashion, luxury or retail brands have it easier when it comes to building a global brand.

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Focusing PPR on luxury and global fashion brands will appeal to investors, who dislike conglomerates.

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The jewelry and watch division was among all categories of products that led to a successful year for LVMH, which owns luxury brands in fashion and leather goods, wine and spirits, perfumes and cosmetics, and Internet retailing.

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Other fashion icons have become billionaires recently from their luxury brands.

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He added that the boom in technology and fashion blogs is fueling a desire for trend-based dressing, rather than focusing on luxury brands and logos.

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After his fashion website launched in 2010, he had to reboot his wardrobe to sweeten his pitch to international luxury brands whose apparel he wanted to hawk online.

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It owns a portfolio of luxury brands and its business activities are divided into five business groups: Wines and Spirits, Fashion and Leather Goods, Perfumes and Cosmetics, Watches and Jewelry, and Selective Retailing.

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These brands are starting to make inroads with the most fashion-forward of the country's sizable luxury-hungry population.

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