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Bergdorf Goodman

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Inner Circle Exclusive
Lauren Sherman • May 15, 2025

Bergdorf’s Diamond Wars & More Vanity Fair Whispers

Fresh intel from the fashion frontlines: How Bergdorf become an epicenter for the lab-grown vs. natural diamonds debate, why analysts are suddenly bullish on the activewear brand Under Armour, and the latest chatter surrounding Vanity Fair’s E.I.C. search.
Inner Circle Exclusive
Lauren Sherman • May 15, 2025
The Arnaults Go to Washington
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The LVMH royal family’s courtship of Trump at the inauguration, once mocked, now looks wisely proactive, with Bernard and Alexandre returning to meet with the president in the Oval Office. Were they lobbying for a luxury carve-out on looming 20 percent tariffs?
Inner Circle Exclusive
Lauren Sherman • May 1, 2025
Is Saks Too Big to Fail?
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Wall Street is getting nervous that the company can’t repay its creditors. Vendors are worried about outstanding invoices. And the tariff pain hasn’t even hit yet. Can Saks Global turn things around with “synergies” and an Amazon store? And what happens if it can’t?
Richard Baker
Lauren Sherman • March 24, 2025
Saks to Grind
News and notes on the latest collateral damage stemming from Richard Baker’s empire-building Saks Global experiment, from vendor fights to more layoffs.
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Inner Circle Exclusive
Lauren Sherman • February 20, 2025
Notes From the Saks Apocalypse
The Metrick memo that shook the world—and the broken model of multibrand retail that produced it.
Richard Baker, chairman of Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), which owns Saks Fifth Avenue.
Lauren Sherman • August 31, 2023
Neiman Marcus & Saks: A Portrait of a Marriage in Preview
Is Saks’ hunt for the more upscale Neiman a brilliant retail play, a smart real estate move, or the luxury Pam and Tommy sitch of our time?
Bernard Arnault’s interest in multi-brand retail—what we used to just call department stores—dates back at least to his acquisition of Paris’s Le Bon Marché.
Lauren Sherman • August 7, 2023
Bernard Arnault’s Bergdorf Envy
Conversations between LVMH and Neiman Marcus Group may be heating up again as the French billionaire plots his conquest of Fifth Avenue. But can the Goodman family give Arnault what he actually wants?