Restless pursuer of luxury's future

Restless pursuer of luxury's future

Sidney Toledano (Dior Chief Executive) is one of the longest serving chief executives in the luxury industry. As the industry goes global, he must balance the demands of shareholders and the values of a historic label, the need for exclusivity and the need for expansion.

'He routinely communicates with his demanding boss, Bernard Arnault, main shareholder of Christian Dior, and a number of creative types, including Dior's clothes designer John Galliano and jewellery designer Victoire de Castellane.

The best advice I ever got was that, when times are bad, you need to get out of the office; when things are good, you can spend time on the organisation, says Mr Toledano, who travels almost every week to one of Dior's 224 stores round the world. 'You have to look for newness, look for what is happening next. Forget the calculator. Understand the people from different countries and what they want.'

It was by spending time in China in the 1980s, for example, when he worked at the French leather-goods house Lancel, that Mr Toledano first realised China would one day be prime territory for luxury.

I met some factory owners, and they were working so hard, but then they would bring you to a restaurant and it was clear they wanted to enjoy life, he says. 'And I thought: one day these people are going to have money and they are going to spend it.'

A few years later, Bernard Arnault contacted him. 'The interview
took 15 minutes. He knew exactly what he wanted, says Mr Toledano: to take a small couture house he had bought out of bankruptcy and build it into the biggest luxury group in the world.

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Restless pursuer of luxury's futureSidney Toledano (Dior Chief Executive) is one of the longest serving chief executives in the luxury industry. As the industry goes global, he must balance the demands of shareholders and the values of a historic label, the need for exclusivity and the need for expansion.'He routinely communicates with his demanding boss, Bernard Arnault, main shareholder of Christian Dior, and a number of creative types, including Dior's clothes designer John Galliano and jewellery designer Victoire de Castellane.The best advice I ever got was that, when times are bad, you need to get out of the office; when things are good, you can spend time on the organisation, says Mr Toledano, who travels almost every week to one of Dior's 224 stores round the world. 'You have to look for newness, look for what is happening next. Forget the calculator. Understand the people from different countries and what they want.'It was by spending time in China in the 1980s, for example, when he worked at the French leather-goods house Lancel, that Mr Toledano first realised China would one day be prime territory for luxury.I met some factory owners, and they were working so hard, but then they would bring you to a restaurant and it was clear they wanted to enjoy life, he says. 'And I thought: one day these people are going to have money and they are going to spend it.'A few years later, Bernard Arnault contacted him. 'The interview занимает 15 минут. Он знал, именно то, что он хотел,-говорит Мистер Толедано: взять небольшой моды дом, он купил из банкротства и построить его в группе крупнейших роскоши в мире.

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Неупокоенные воплощение мечты о роскоши в будущем

Сидни Толедано (Диор главный исполнительный) является одним из самых объемных подают координационного совета старших руководителей в роскошном отрасли. В отрасли становится глобальной, он должен сбалансировать требования акционеров и значения в историческом наклейка, необходимость в исключительности, и необходимость в расширении.ветровому "он регулярно обменивается данными с его требованием босс, Бернар Арно,Основной акционер Кристиан Диор, и ряд творческих видов, в том числе Диор одежды дизайнера Джона похожие исполнители и ювелирные украшения designer Виктори-де-Centre Castellane.ветровому лучшие советы, которые я когда-либо есть было то, что, когда раз плохие, вы должны получить в офисе; когда все хорошо, вы можете потратить время на организацию, - говорит Руководство по ремонту Толеданокоторый проходит почти каждую неделю в один из календаря Пирелли 224 магазинов во всем мире. "У вас есть к новизне, за то, что происходит рядом. Забудьте о калькулятор. Понять людей из разных стран и что они хотят. 'ветровому было больше времени в Китае в 1980-х годах, например, когда он работал в по-французски кожа - товары дома Lancel,