Louis Vuitton Case study

Description
The PPT is about Louis Vuitton strategy.

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History
LVMH Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton usually shortened to LVMH, is a French holding company and one of the world's largest luxury goods conglomerate. It is the parent of around 60 subcompanies that each manage a small number of prestigious brands. These daughter companies are, to a large 1/22/13

Strategy

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Strategy

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Price Adjustment?
They do not believe in slashing prices. To maintain its position as a super luxury brand, products that remain unsold at the end of the season are destroyed rather than sold at a discount. They take drastic steps like obtaining supreme court rulings against mass retailers selling their products. The rationale could be LVMH aims to cater only to the extremely rich 1/22/13

Price Adjustment?
On the other hand, markets cannot be ignored: hence steps like raising wholesale prices, reduction in advertising, raising of prices to offset devaluation. Also, control of their own distribution gives them a cost advantage, whereby they are able to negotiate longer lease terms etc. Also, steps like moving production to a more cost effective and labour intensive place is also looked at.
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Do you think that high retail prices are worth paying?



Product
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Designed by high profile designersNo Manufactured at the lowest possible Val or cost u possibly at a very low cost in one of thee f o ‘developing’ nations through sweat shops r M High operating margins with the company, one y sometimes also passed on to subsequent supply 1/22/13 chain partners

But…Looking at the Brand
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How will luxury goods marketers be affected by slow down in tourism post 9/11?
? Typical

Customer of LV

› Very brand conscious › Frequently travels abroad › Prefers to shop abroad instead of home

country

› Style conscious
? If

this customer does not travel abroad or travels less frequently
› Will he stop shopping from home country?
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Implications on the business

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