Marco Bizzarri news and archive

Is Kering becoming too dependent on Gucci?

Investors and market analysts love to make alarming predictions about the future of companies they invest in; most of the time to soften the blow of a unavoidable loss. What is causing them to worry at the moment? The success story of Kering's top performing label, Gucci. Some investors are becoming more and more nervous of Kering’s future as it...

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Editor Mimma Viglezio interviews President and CEO of Gucci Marco Bizzarri Source: SHOWstudio, YouTube.

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Gucci boss pledges label to go fur-free in 2018

Italian fashion house Gucci is to go fur-free from next year and will be auctioning off all of its remaining animal fur items, the label’s president and chief executive Marco Bizzarri announced at the 2017 Kering Talk at the London College of Fashion. Gucci joins a host of the luxury fashion labels and retailers including Armani, Hugo Boss, Yoox...

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Marco Bizzarri views Gucci as a 6 billion euro brand

London - Luxury Italian fashion house Gucci may be reaching for the stars, as its president and chief executive officer Marco Bizzarri aims defy the market and achieve sales of 6 billion euros. Following Gucci's cruise 2017 show in Westminster Abbey, Gucci hosted an investor day in London to share its plan for the future, which sees the brand...

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Gucci to merge women's and men's shows

London - Although Francois-Henri Pinault, CEO of Kering and parent company of Gucci previously shunned the decision of several luxury fashion houses to embrace the 'see-now, buy-now' business model, the Italian fashion house has decided to make a major change to its catwalk format by merging its women's and men's shows. Gucci to stage single...

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Alessandro Michele potential forerunner to become Gucci's new creative director

Alessandro Michele, head accessories designer at Gucci has been tagged as a potential successor for Frida Giannini, former creative director at the Florentine fashion house, a month after it was announced that Giannini would be stepping down from her role alongside with her real-life partner and former chief executive, Patrizio di Marco....

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CEO and creative director of Gucci step down

Kering has announced that the CEO of Gucci, Patrizio di Marco has resigned and will leave the company on January 1, 2015. He will be succeeded by Marco Bizzarri. The creative director of Gucci, Frida Giannini, will also leave her position at the end of February 2015. She will show her Fall/Winter 2015-2016 womenswear collection on February 25,...