Company DescriptionKering SA develops, designs, manufactures, markets, and sells apparel and accessories. The company offers shoes; leather goods, including handbags and wallets, purses, and other leather products; eyewear, textile accessories, etc.; and jewelry and watches, as well as ready-to-wear products for men and women. It also provides perfumes and cosmetics. The company provides Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Brioni, Boucheron, Pomellato, DoDo, Qeelin, Girard-Perregaux, Ulysse Nardin, and Kering Eyewear branded products. It sells its products through stores and e-commerce sites. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 1,565 stores. Kering SA sells its products in the Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, North America, Japan, and internationally. The company was formerly known as PPR SA and changed its name to Kering SA in June 2013. Kering SA was founded in 1963 and is based in Paris, France.
How the Company Makes MoneyKering makes money primarily by selling luxury goods under its brands and capturing the margin between production/merchandising costs and premium retail pricing. Its largest revenue stream is the sale of fashion and leather goods (e.g., handbags, small leather goods, ready-to-wear, shoes, and accessories) through directly operated stores and brand e-commerce sites, where Kering typically earns the full retail revenue and retains greater control over pricing, inventory, and customer experience. A secondary revenue stream comes from wholesale and franchise arrangements, where Kering sells products to selected department stores, specialty retailers, and certain franchised locations; this generally yields lower per-unit revenue than direct retail but can expand reach and manage inventory flow. Kering also earns revenue from jewelry and watches via its jewelry maisons through both retail and wholesale channels, and from its eyewear business (Kering Eyewear), which designs, develops, and distributes luxury eyewear and typically monetizes through wholesale distribution of frames and sunglasses to optical retailers and other points of sale (alongside any direct-to-consumer channels operated by the brands). Additional earnings can include licensing income and other brand-related services where applicable; if any brand-specific licensing terms or material partnerships are not publicly detailed in the provided context, they are null.