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For VivaTech’s 10th anniversary, LVMH showcases how innovation drives every stage of its value chain

French luxury conglomerate LVMH celebrated a decade as a founding partner of VivaTech, Europe's technology and startups event, on June 17, marking the occasion with the launch of the LVMH DreamGallery and the announcement of its 2026 Innovation Award winners. Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of LVMH, opened the event alongside Maurice Lévy,...

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Jeff Bezos announced at Paris' VivaTech trade show on Wednesday

Paris - American businessman and executive Jeff Bezos, founder of the giant Amazon, will attend the VivaTech trade show in Paris on Wednesday, organisers announced. VivaTech is an annual technology and innovation conference held in Paris and is regarded as the largest tech event in Europe. “An emblematic figure of the global technological...

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LVMH Innovation Awards 2025: Start-ups Kahoona, Genesis and Omi awarded at VivaTech

During VivaTech, held until June 14, 2025 at the Parc des Expositions (Porte de Versailles), the LVMH group revealed the 2025 winners of the LVMH Innovation Awards. The start-ups Kahoona, Genesis and Omi were honoured. On June 12, unlike the previous year, LVMH founder Bernard Arnault did not take to the stage like a rock and roll star. "He...

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At Vivatech: Robots, trainers and counterfeit detectors powered by AI

Paris - Robots, a counterfeit detector and navigation systems for the visually impaired, all powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI), were among the innovations highlighted at the VivaTech trade show, which took place in Paris until June 7. AI and anti-counterfeiting Could you tell the difference between a Lacoste t-shirt and a...