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By:

Santosh
Kumar
History
• Early Days (1854-1892)
– 1854 - Louis Vuitton opened first store in Paris
– 1885 - first LV store opened in London, on Oxford
Street
– 1892 - Vuitton died; the Vuitton company started
selling handbags.
• Golden Age of Louis Vuitton (1893-1936)
– 1893 - Georges (Louis’s son) began his campaign
to make the company into a worldwide
corporation.
– 1936 - The golden age of Louis Vuitton ended as
Georges Vuitton passed away. Estimates attribute
Georges Vuitton with over 700 new Vuitton
designs.
History
• Modern Age of Louis Vuitton (1937-1996)
– 1978 - Vuitton opened its first stores in Japan, in Tokyo and Osaka. (Sales in
Japan would come to account for nearly half of the company's total revenue
by the 1980s.)
– 1984 - Vuitton expanded its presence in Asia by opening its first store in
Korea, in Seoul.
– 1987 - Moët et Chanson and Hennessy, leading manufacturers of
champagne and of brandy, respectively, merges with Louis Vuitton to form
the world's largest luxury goods conglomerate, LVMH. The group is partly
owned by the Christian Dior group, and Bernard Arnault is Chairman and
CEO of both companies.
– 1992 - The first store in China is opened at the Palace Hotel in Beijing.
History
• Millennium Age of Louis
Vuitton (1997-present)
– 1997 – hired designer Marc
Jacobs to be the label's artistic
director
– 2006 - opened its first store in
Norway
- Headquarters : Paris ,
France .
Mission Statement
• “LVMH must continue to be synonymous with both
elegance and creativity. Our products, and the cultural
values they embody, blend tradition and innovation, and
kindle dream and fantasy.”
• Five priorities reflect the fundamental values shared by all
Group stakeholders:
- Be creative and innovative
- Aim for product excellence
- Bolster the image of our brands with passionate
determination
- Act as entrepreneurs
- Strive to be the best in all we do
Target Market
• LV uses demographic targeting strategy to target their
customers
– Both men and women
– Age: ranging from young adults to seniors (22 – 65 yrs old)
– Income: around $5,500 or above per month
Selling Point
• Fashionable
• Durable goods
– Good quality product
– Long product life
• Exclusivity
• Prestige image
– Feel good
– Fit into high-class society
– Practice ego and power
LVMH GROUP
 Louis Vuitton
 Givenchy
 Guerlain
 Dior
 Moet & Chandon
 Veuve
 Clicquot
 Dom Peignon
Marketing Mix
Product
• Main Products: Leather Bags and
Wallets
– Handbags
– Luggage
– Cosmetic Bags
• Original Product Line: Monogram
• Expanded its product line
– Monogram Denim
– Monogram Multicolore
– Monogram Vernis
– Damier Canvas
Product
• Offer more types of product
including:
– Timepieces
– Shoes
– Agendas
– Jewelry
– Sunglasses
– Belts, scarves & Accessories
Product
“Three Levels of Product of Louis Vuitton”

Durable Fashion
Customer
Care Warranties

‘Luxury’
Quality Brand

Lines of Product

Gift
Service Wrappings
Product
Price
• Premium Pricing
– Luxury image
– Selling Point
• Never on sale!!
• Price range:
– Handbags: $550 - $3,700
– Wallets: $200 - $700
Place
• Direct channels: Free-Standing Store
Promotion
• Emphasize on personal selling
• Don’t emphasize on sales promotion
– To reinforce their luxury image
• PR
– Sponsorship
• “Louis Vuitton Cup 2007”
• “LVMH Young Artists’ Award”
• LVMH Website - “The Magazines”
Promotion
• Advertisements:
– Message
• Convey luxurious
image
– Means of media
• High-end Fashion
Magazines
– Eg. Vogue, Elle
• Billboards
Promotion
– Endorsements: Jennifer Lopez, Kate Moss, Uma
Thurman, and Scarlett Johansson
Promotion
• New advertising campaign
REVENUE EARNED

 € 1.98 billion ( 2009 )


Imitation or Real?
• Fake LV’s are a continuous problem
• Spend $10 million a year on ripoff battle
– Part of sum goes to lobbyists
• Biggest sources of counterfeit
goods:
– Turkey, China, Morocco
Imitation or Real?
• LV has adopted a zero tolerance policy against
counterfeiting
• In 2004, the brand’s firm
stance led to…
– 13,000 legal actions
– 6,000 raids
– 947 arrests
Store fronts

Store inside
COMPETETORS

 Gucci

 Prada

 H&M
Bibliography
• http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Archives/CA
_Show_Article/0,2322,619,00.html
• http://www.answers.com/topic/louis-vuitton
• http://www.lvmh.com/
• Magazines:- Vogue
!! Thank You !!

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