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In Paris without tourists, LVMH unveils Samaritaine store revamp

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Spending by visitors to France remains a major source of income for high-end brands, even if Chinese shoppers, the industry’s number one clientele, have been buying a lot more at home during the pandemic – a shift expected to outlast the health emergency.

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Parlour X founder Eva Galambos on her life as a luxury fashion buyer

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Tastemaker and entrepreneur Eva Galambos first opened the doors to her luxury multi-brand boutique Parlour X in 2001 in Sydney, when she began introducing major international labels to Australian consumers, from Balenciaga to Vivienne Westwood. . I opened Parlour X in 2001. My mission was to change that.

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Afghan women set up secret businesses to escape Taliban bans

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. “I don’t want Afghan girls to forget their knowledge and then, in a few years, we will have another illiterate generation,” she said, referring to the women and girls deprived of education during the Taliban’s last rule from 1996 to 2001. “Otherwise, how will we eat?”