Linlithgow Palace hosted the Metiers d'Art collection by the French brand's creative director Karl Lagerfeld.
Deutsch, thanks to its lock on the popular French brand Georges Duboeuf, was able to provide access through distributors in 44 states.
Leonard Green's acquisition of the high-end jewelry brand Tourneau in September 2006 for around 1.3 times revenues might be a relevant comparison for the French brand.
Parrot Zikmu Solo integrates the most advanced technologies in terms of sound in an architecture that has been entirely rethought by the engineers of the French brand.
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But when the last descendant of the Houbigant family fell ill in the 1980s and began selling off the perfume brands, Michele Perris and his relatives, longtime devotees of the French brand, decided they had better start buying them.
As the subjects ranged from processed food trends, to the debate between food trucks and restaurants, and mixology trends at hotel bars, there was one underlying theme: The inability to protect the French brand and educate the world on their contribution to food and hospitality.
Peugeot, the last remaining French brand in the U.S. market, abruptly pulled the plug on its underperforming U.S. subsidiary in 1991, done in by high prices and poor quality, which made them unsuited for the market, especially in light of the new competition from Lexus and Infiniti from Japan.
Vodianova still has lucrative contracts with Guerlain and French lingerie brand Etam, for which she also designs her own collection.
Scottish and Newcastle, Britain's biggest brewer, which brews Foster's lager in the UK and recently bought the French Kronenbourg brand, already has around 30% of the UK market, effectively ruling out a large-scale purchase such as Carling.
High fashion and the beauty industry have tipped their hat to women older than 50 in recent years with campaigns such as Lauren Hutton for Alexis Bittar jewelry and Gitte Lee for French apparel brand Celine.
The drink originally got its name from a brand of French cognac named Sazerac-de-Forge et Fils.
Yet we think the lemongrass deodorizing foot powder lotions and hemp lip conditioners are here to stay, with Body Shop becoming L'Oreal's much-trumpeted "ethical" brand, allowing the French giant to penetrate the lucrative liberal-middle-class guilt market.
Outside the U.S., Aceon is sold under another brand name by privately held French pharma Servier.
The best known brand is the continental one, favoured by the French, Germans and some of their neighbours.
Sunday, the French company said it acquired a majority stake in the Chinese fine jewelry brand Qeelin.
If you have a hankering for celebrity sightings, nightclubs and glitz, brand-new mansions abound in the overdeveloped towns of the French Riviera.
French businessman Richard Mille put his 12-year-old Swiss watch brand on the map by producing six- and seven-figure-priced, think-outside-the box timepieces for clients like King Juan Carlos.
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The pouches were manufactured by two French companies--Andros, which makes fruit juices and the Bonne Maman brand jam, and Materne, another jam-maker.
The French also take more prescription drugs than any other nation in Europe, and expect brand name drugs, not the cheaper generic version.
If we revisit the worm meat example, a brand might re-associate this rumor with positive information by suggesting it is a delicacy used in French cuisine.
Mr Tapie, who has long been active in French business, sporting and political circles, sued Credit Lyonnais over its handling of the sale in 1993 of sportswear brand Adidas, in which he was a majority stakeholder.
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