Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton is the founding and largest revenue-generating brand inside LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE. This Paris-listed luxury conglomerate controls Dior, Givenchy, Celine, Fendi, Loro Piana, Berluti, Loewe, Marc Jacobs, Bvlgari, Tag Heuer, Moët & Chandon, Hennessy, Sephora, and DFS among other houses. LVMH reports Louis Vuitton within its Fashion & Leather Goods division, which generated approximately €41 billion in fiscal year 2024. Louis Vuitton’s specific revenue is not disclosed but is widely estimated at €20 to €24 billion, making it the largest single luxury brand globally by revenue for more than a decade.

Louis Vuitton opened a trunk-making workshop on Rue Neuve-des-Capucines in Paris in 1854, having previously worked as the personal luggage packer for Empress Eugénie of France. The signature flat-topped Trianon canvas trunk was introduced the same year, designed to stack efficiently in steamer trunks and train luggage racks in contrast to the rounded-lid trunks that had been standard. Gaston-Louis Vuitton introduced the Damier canvas in 1888 and the Monogram canvas in 1896, the latter creating the counterfeiting problem that has defined the brand’s legal and authentication infrastructure ever since. Bernard Arnault acquired LVMH and the control of Louis Vuitton through a series of corporate maneuvers between 1987 and 1990 and rebuilt the house from a respected heritage brand into the commercial apex of global luxury. Nicolas Ghesquière has served as Creative Director of Women’s Collections since October 2013, following Marc Jacobs’s 16-year tenure. Pharrell Williams was appointed Men’s Creative Director in February 2023. LVMH reported group revenue of approximately €84.7 billion in fiscal year 2024.

The Malls.com network tracks Louis Vuitton across the most geographically dense luxury brand footprint in the database, with US positions at South Coast Plaza, Americana Manhasset, Worth Avenue Palm Beach, The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, Wynn Plaza, The Shops at Crystals, Oakbrook Center, Somerset Collection in Troy, Cherry Creek Mall, Ala Moana Center, Waterside Shops Naples, Westfield Valley Fair, Copley Place Boston, City Creek Center, Mall at Green Hills Nashville, Fashion Valley, NorthPark Center, The Galleria Houston, The Mall at Short Hills, Miami Design District, Tysons Corner Center, Tysons Galleria, CityCenterDC, and numerous additional Class A++ and A+ positions. Singapore positions include ION Orchard, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, and Ngee Ann City. International positions also span Hong Kong, Dubai Mall, France, Malaysia, Germany, Spain, Canada, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

For mall operators, Louis Vuitton is the benchmark Class AAA luxury anchor whose presence or confirmed absence in a luxury wing defines that wing’s positioning tier. The brand’s decision to open or remain in a property is the strongest possible endorsement of a shopping center’s luxury credentials, and its location within a center typically anchors the full luxury cluster around which Hermès, Chanel, Cartier, and other apex luxury tenants orient. Store formats range from 2,000-square-foot boutiques in regional malls to 10,000-to-20,000-square-foot maison-format flagships at destination luxury properties. The brand has progressively upgraded its US store estate over the 2020-2025 period, closing or relocating lower-performing locations in favor of larger, higher-architectural-investment formats that reflect the Maison Vuitton retail standard established at the Paris Champs-Élysées flagship.