20 Facts About Kering

Kering is a French-based multinational corporation specializing in luxury goods.

Kering became Pinault S A and grew organically and through acquisitions.

Part of Kering's strategy is to name unexpected designers at the creative direction of its brands.

In 2015, following Yves Saint-Laurent's year-on-year double-digit growth under the creative direction of Hedi Slimane, Kering named a new creative director, Anthony Vaccarello, to renew the brand's props.

In October 2015, Kering named Georgian-born designer Demna Gvasalia as creative director of Balenciaga to reinvent the classic Spanish couture house.

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In March 2022, it was announced Kering Eyewear had acquired the Hawaiian eyewear brand, Maui Jim.

In March 2018, Kering agreed to sell its shares of Stella McCartney back to its eponymous owner.

Kering became a luxury pure player after the sale of Puma and Volcom .

Since Kering became a luxury brand, the group focused its development on sustainable development for the luxury fashion industry.

In September 2019, Kering committed to become carbon-neutral within its operations and its supply chain.

Kering Foundation was created in 2008 to support women's rights initiatives worldwide.

Alongside Gucci, Kering is a strategic partner of Chime for Change, an international campaign focused on women's education, health and justice, launched by Salma Hayek-Pinault, Frida Giannini, and Beyonce.

From 2012 to 2018, the Kering Foundation contributed to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women with the White Ribbon campaign.

In 2015, Kering became an official partner of the Festival de Cannes and launched the program Women in Motion to raise women issues in the film industry .

In December 2018, with Plug and Play, Kering launched the Kering Sustainable Innovation Award to reward and invest in startups focused on sustainability and luxury.

In September, 2021, Kering announced that in keeping with a "vision of Luxury that is inseparable from the very highest environmental and social values and standards, " all of their fashion brands would no longer use animal fur, starting with the 2022 collections.

In January 2022, Kering joined a consortium of brands committed to shift from wet to mostly dry textile processing.

Kering is an international group based in Paris specializing in luxury and fashion goods.

Kering's headquarters are located in the former Hopital Laennec in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.

In 2015, Kering became an official partner of the Cannes Film Festival and launched Women in Motion to highlight the contribution of women to the film industry, in front and behind the camera.