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Elisabetta Fabri on growing Starhotels, Covid-19 resilience and supporting women in business

April 1, 2021

Elisabetta Fabri, family principal of the private Italian luxury hospitality group Starhotels, is helping women in business achieve their potential by launching a new vocational training initiative.

Elisabetta Fabri, family principal of the private Italian luxury hospitality group Starhotels, is helping women in business achieve their potential by launching a new vocational training initiative.

The programme was among the measures by the multi award-winning second-generation president and chief executive in response to the impacts of Covid-19 on the world’s hotel, travel and tourism industries.

FB Roundup: Ferragamo, News Corp, H&M

January 29, 2021

Family distanced in revamped Ferragamo board amid slumping revenues, Rupert Murdoch ‘far from done’ at News Corp and warns of woke censorship, Crisis strategy helps H&M recover from lockdowns.

Family distanced in revamped Ferragamo board amid slumping revenues

The Ferragamo family is expected to streamline the management board of its luxury goods brand as it attempts to rally from the coronavirus impact on its global revenues.

Family brewers of London Pride sell beer business to ferment property portfolio

February 1, 2019

London’s last family brewer Fuller’s has sold its entire beer business to a Japanese firm for $328 million to focus on its lucrative pubs and hotels.

London’s last family brewer Fuller’s has sold its entire beer business to a Japanese firm for $328 million to focus on its lucrative pubs and hotels.

JAB Holding Co in $1.2 billion sale of Jimmy Choo and $7 billion purchase of Panera

July 27, 2017

JAB Holding Company, the investment vehicle of Germany’s billionaire Reimann family, has stepped away from luxury shoe brand Jimmy Choo and bitten into bakery-café chain Panera.

JAB Holding Company, the investment vehicle of Germany’s billionaire Reimann family, has stepped away from luxury shoe brand Jimmy Choo and bitten into bakery-café chain Panera.

JAB continued its shift from the moribund luxury market to coffee and food with its call in April for buyers interested in acquiring its 68% stake in Jimmy Choo.

Giving Dad an offer he can’t refuse

June 1, 2002

Bill Simmons worked in his father’s fashion house for several years after graduating from university.

Bill Simmons worked in his father's fashion house for several years after graduating from university. The father-son relationship was extremely conflicted and Bill struggled with years of verbal abuse. Bill finally left his father and founded his own business in a related field, creating Lincolnshire Fashions Limited in 1969.