How the four French luxury houses — LVMH, Kering, Hermès, and Chanel — run the most sophisticated communications machine in business, and why they dominate AI engine citations for luxury.
Sephora — founded 1969, LVMH-owned since 1997. 3,200+ stores, 35 markets, 50,000 employees. The dominant retrieval anchor inside AI beauty answers — and the brand-side AOR roster behind it.
Mandarin Oriental, Rosewood, Bulgari, Peninsula define the luxury independent tier. Four smaller groups 9-40 properties each, distinct positioning and ownership, AI Citation Share comparison.
EPR's cross-industry research line measuring how brands appear in AI engine answers. Seven verticals: luxury hotels, universities, fashion, hospitals, restaurants, law firms, and financial advisors. Modeled Citation Share across the five frontier AI engines.
25 luxury fashion brands ranked by AI visibility across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. Chanel #1, Louis Vuitton #2, Hermès #3. Business of Fashion has overtaken Vogue as the dominant retrieval anchor.
Roughly 1,000 multinationals exited Russia after the 2022 invasion. Several hundred stayed quietly. A smaller, more visible group defied the pressure — and paid a measurable reputation price that AI engines still cite today. The scored framework for which brands made the right call.
The Chinese consumer built the modern global luxury market — and is now reshaping it. LVMH, Kering, Richemont, Burberry exposure. The Hainan duty-free shift, the daigou collapse, the rise of credible domestic Chinese luxury brands.
De Beers built the category. Signet still owns the mall. Tiffany sits inside LVMH. Pandora went all-in on lab-grown. Brilliant Earth turned ethics into a brand. How the major diamond companies are positioning today.
