Gucci - Fashion Company Profile

Company Profile

The record below - the Gucci Group portfolio of its era, the late-1970s crisis and late-1980s turnaround, and the 2008 BusinessWeek revenue and store figures with their attribution, plus the house's photograph - is kept in full on the history page. Current collections and stores are on Gucci's own site, linked above; the shop box covers Gucci products sold through Amazon and eBay.

The Gucci Group is described as one of the world's leading multi-brand luxury companies, and its portfolio structure is spelled out in tiers. Gucci, Bottega Veneta and Yves Saint Laurent are the flagship brands. Behind them sit younger, edgier, desirable brands with strong potential - Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney - and two well established specialised brands, Boucheron and Sergio Rossi. Competitors are defined just as broadly: multi-brand and multi-product groups, high-end luxury and ready-to-wear companies, jewellery and watch companies, and groups whose origins are in fine leather goods and shoes manufacturing.