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Chanel, one of the world’s biggest luxury brands, will remain private after the French company’s boss dismissed IPO rumors.
“We will remain a private, independent company,” Chanel chief executive Leena Nair told the Financial Times. “There are always rumours, but you can clear them up.”
Nair, who joined the company in January last year, said she remains “cautiously optimistic” about the future of the luxury goods market and hopes demand from China will boost its revenues.
“I see China coming back. I see the pent-up demand, the push for excess,” she said.
Her comments come after rival French luxury goods group LVMH, the company behind brands like Louis Vuitton and Tag Heuer, became the first European company to surpass a valuation of $500 billion.
Earlier this month it reported quarterly sales of 21 billion euros – up 17 percent from the same period last year – boosted by China’s reopening this year.
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