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Bicester Village's grip on UK luxury outlet market under threat

As economic uncertainty looms, the arrival of a new competitor is raising fears that the UK's premier discount designer outlet centre may face an unprecedented drop in footfall. [...]

Published on 29/05/2025 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Airport boutiques targeted by second-hand dealers

To escape the strict checks carried out in the major luxury brand outlets, second-hand dealers have taken to shopping for rare items at airport boutiques. The phenomenon was highlighted by a recent affair involving the Rolex boutique managed by Galeries Lafayette at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.

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A Max Mara coat for €150: Tunis underground designer goods market brings European resellers flocking

The Tunisian factories that make clothes and accessories for Celine, Max Mara, Longchamp and others sell a percentage of their wares locally at rock-bottom prices. But some unscrupulous retailers are smuggling the goods into Europe and selling them second-hand with a high markup.

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Discount designer goods are winding their way from Tunis to second-hand luxury sites in Europe.

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China crisis pushes LVMH into major rethink about its retail and duty-free business

LVMH is pondering whether to divest its Paris department store La Samaritaine from its duty-free retailer DFS. That could advance Bernard Arnault's long-held plan to sell DFS, which has been loss-making since the pandemic curbed Chinese consumers' foreign travel.

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Prada and Miu Miu success lies partly in factory outlets

The success of Prada and Miu Miu, which are posting insolent growth while their competitors' results plummet, is based in part on production for factory outlets. Glitz.paris looks at how the Italian group is defying the crisis.

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A significant proportion of Prada's sales are made through factory outlets and outlet shops.

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China crisis pushes LVMH into major rethink about its retail and duty-free business

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United Kingdom
Bicester Village's grip on UK luxury outlet market under threat

France, Switzerland
Airport boutiques targeted by second-hand dealers

Spotlight | Europe, Tunisia
A Max Mara coat for €150: Tunis underground designer goods market brings European resellers flocking

France
China crisis pushes LVMH into major rethink about its retail and duty-free business

Spotlight | Italy
Prada and Miu Miu success lies partly in factory outlets