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Gucci the Ultimate Italian Brand

May 23rd, 2010 by · No Comments · Uncategorized

For the unfortunate few people out there who have no experience of Gucci Discount Shoes, where have you been?  On the moon?  To change the mood to being serious, this press release hopes to establish the high impact that Gucci Shoes has had on the style industry.  Beginning in the 1960s when famous person Grace Kelly wore the Flora silk scarf (Gucci’s signature piece during that era).  Hence, the famous wife Jackie Kennedy (wife of U.S. President John F Kennedy) branded the Gucci Jackie O shoulder bag, the brand had a resulting increase in popularity.  Since then famous people have endorsed Gucci and it has been recognized as an visual display of fame, elitism, and wealth.  It may be likely the only reason why Gucci is in 2010 the biggest selling brand from Italy of all time.Gucci has outlets on every continent not including the continent of Antartica.  For all that, the shops tend to be in large cities or rich areas with site-seeing.  In addition the flagship shops in the the United States of America entail,    * Americana Manhasset, Manhasset, New York (A shopping centre in close proximity to Manhattan including deluxe branded boutiques)    * Aspen Colorado (an deluxe winter sports and Winter destination for the wealthy and famous)    * Atlanta, Georgia    * Bal Harbour, Florida (a wealthy quarter of Miami Florida)    * Beverly Hills, California (one of the most affluent areas in the United States)    * Boston, Massachusetts    * Chicago, Illinois    * East Hampton, New York (affectionately nicknamed: “the playground of the rich”)    * Honolulu, Hawaii    * New York, New York – Madison Ave. and Fifth Ave. flagship10 Inticing & usually unknown details about Gucci:1) Although a brand from Italy Gucci is actually controlled by company from France Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR)2) In 1999, Louis Vuitton almost came to possess Gucci.3) Gucci opened a division for children in June 20104) Gucci has designed paneling and other features for GM, AMC, and Ford cars in the past.5) Gucci commenced to do charity work towards UNICEF and give some of their boutiques sales to contribute to the charity.6) Gucci became a member of the Guiness Book of World Records in 1998 with the world’s most expensive pair of jeans.  The jeans are named Gucci “Genius Jeans” and the price, a whopping, 3124 USD.7) Gucci is the 2nd most copied trademark of all time.8) Gucci is named after the creator of Gucci: Guccio GUcci9) The Gucci family had notorious fights and even one of the Gucci brothers was murdered during their worst fights.10) Gucci only became publicly traded in 1995, before that time it retained a similar structure to its beginnings in the 1920s as a family business.What can this company expect in the next few years?  As far as we know in the 2000s Gucci saw another hard time like many luxury brand companies and perservering this has been a challenge.  In the time proceeding September 11th with travel restrictions and economic decline the brand faced hardships a lot.  Despite, like many luxury brands Gucci has hope for its future in growing new marketplaces such as those in Asia, Latin America, South America and the Middle East.  A start in these developing marketplaces which are hungry for foreign luxury brands is one of the main focuses of Gucci in 2010.

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Fran Wilson is an author in the fashion world, their interests Gucci Shoes, Fashion Trends, and Fashion History.