Kering has entered a new chapter under its first external CEO, Luca de Meo, the automotive turnaround specialist from Renault. Just weeks into his tenure, de Meo made his first major strategic move: selling Kering's entire Beauty Division to L'Oréal for €4 billion. This bold decision reverses a key strategy from predecessor François-Henri Pinault, who had acquired Creed perfumes for €3.5 billion in 2023 to diversify beyond Gucci. With Kering's debt at €9.5 billion and its stock down 78% from peak, the beauty sale provides crucial capital while allowing the luxury group to refocus on its core fashion and leather goods business.

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Examine how Sephora transformed from retailer to beauty ecosystem kingmaker, and analyze the competitive retail landscape including Ulta, Mecca, and emerging challengers. Understand how retail partnerships can determine beauty brand success or failure and explore the power dynamics reshaping beauty business.

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Examine the rise, reality check, and evolution of direct-to-consumer beauty brands through case studies of Glossier, The Ordinary, and Drunk Elephant. Understand what the DTC revolution got right, where it struggled, and how hybrid models emerged as the sustainable future for beauty business.

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Analyze Puig's independent luxury beauty strategy – how this Spanish family-owned company competes with beauty giants through focused excellence rather than portfolio scale. Explore their curation philosophy, fragrance foundation, boutique advantages, and strategic differentiation in luxury beauty markets.

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Business of Beauty | Case Study L’Oréal Luxe Case Study | The Conglomerate Success Model

Analyze L'Oréal Luxe's strategic playbook for thriving as a legacy beauty conglomerate in the digital age. Explore their portfolio architecture, digital transformation mastery, and €1 billion innovation pipeline that keeps century-old brands relevant for new generations while maintaining luxury positioning.

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Analyze beauty industry valuations through billion-dollar M&A deals and strategic missteps. From Rhode's $1B acquisition to Estée Lauder's market challenges, discover what determines sustainable beauty brand value versus speculative bubbles in this comprehensive series conclusion.

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Discover how luxury brands are navigating the future through three transformative forces: sustainability imperatives, digital transformation, and evolving consumer values. This concluding video in our Business of Luxury fundamentals series explores which strategies will determine luxury winners and losers in the next decade.

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Explore the distribution strategies that determine beauty brand success in today's competitive landscape. From Sephora's transformation into a brand accelerator ecosystem to K-Beauty's cultural expansion playbook and the private label revolution democratizing luxury beauty access.

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Explore the central tension in luxury business: how brands balance centuries-old heritage with the pressure to grow and reach new customers. From Patek Philippe's generational messaging to LVMH's strategic logoification, discover how luxury brands navigate the paradox between exclusivity and accessibility.

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Explore why beauty has become luxury's most explosive sector, generating $72 billion annually and growing 5% yearly. Discover the hero product strategy that creates billion-dollar brands from single products and understand how beauty's business model fundamentally differs from traditional luxury categories.

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Discover how luxury brands like Hermès, LVMH, and Prada build business empires through vertical integration – controlling everything from raw materials to retail experiences. This video breaks down the strategic foundations that separate true luxury brands from premium alternatives.

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