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Yves Saint Laurent: Strategic Leadership of Creative Directors

Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Leo Guilbert; Andrew Jiro Poplawski;

商品編號:9B17M137
出版日期:2017/08/31
再版日期:2017/08/31
商品來源:Ivey
商品主題:Entrepreneurship; General Management/Strategy; International Business
商品類型:Case (Pub Mat)
涵蓋議題:luxury;diversification;leadership;fashion;creative industries;branding;succession
難易度:4 - Undergraduate/MBA
內容長度:16 頁
地域:France
產業:Retail Trade;
事件年度:2016

On April 1, 2016, fashion house Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) announced the departure of its creative director who had been responsible for successfully reviving the struggling YSL brand since 2012. Three days after this surprising departure, the company announced that its next creative director would be a relatively inexperienced, 36-year-old designer. After decades of leadership turmoil and financial instability at YSL, the incoming creative director was facing increasing pressure from stakeholders to build off the success that his predecessor had achieved. The global luxury fashion industry had become increasingly competitive, with multiple brands competing for the industry’s estimated value of €265 billion in 2017. Had YSL made the right decision in selecting this young director? To help YSL remain one of the top brands in the fashion industry, should the new director implement a strategy that builds upon the successful foundation created by his predecessor, or should he develop new strategies?

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