Dolce & Gabbana CEO Could Look at IPO in Future, Priority Now Is a Stronger Business

Models present creations for Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2024/25 men's collection in Milan, Italy January 13, 2024. (Reuters)
Models present creations for Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2024/25 men's collection in Milan, Italy January 13, 2024. (Reuters)
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Dolce & Gabbana CEO Could Look at IPO in Future, Priority Now Is a Stronger Business

Models present creations for Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2024/25 men's collection in Milan, Italy January 13, 2024. (Reuters)
Models present creations for Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2024/25 men's collection in Milan, Italy January 13, 2024. (Reuters)

Dolce & Gabbana is not ready for an initial public offering but is prepared to consider it in the future, the Italian luxury group's chief executive said on Monday.

"We are open to looking at (a listing) but before that we want to consolidate our business," CEO Alfonso Dolce said, answering a question at the Milano Fashion Global Summit 2024.

"We have the social responsibility of so many families," he added, referring to the group's employees, and of those working in companies that supply it.

In July, Dolce had said the fashion company was ready to assess opening up its capital to new investors either through a listing or other routes, in an interview published Corriere della Sera's L'Economia weekly supplement.

Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana founded the company in 1985 and they are still in charge of creative direction.

They have no direct heirs. Alfonso and Domenico Dolce are brothers.



Prada's Brand CEO Gianfranco D'Attis to Quit

FILE PHOTO: People walk past the store of Italian luxury fashion house Prada on 5th Avenue in New York City, US, May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Adam Gray/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: People walk past the store of Italian luxury fashion house Prada on 5th Avenue in New York City, US, May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Adam Gray/File Photo
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Prada's Brand CEO Gianfranco D'Attis to Quit

FILE PHOTO: People walk past the store of Italian luxury fashion house Prada on 5th Avenue in New York City, US, May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Adam Gray/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: People walk past the store of Italian luxury fashion house Prada on 5th Avenue in New York City, US, May 23, 2025. REUTERS/Adam Gray/File Photo

Prada's brand CEO Gianfranco D'Attis will leave the Italian luxury firm at the end of the month by "mutual agreement", Prada said on Sunday.

Prada Group's CEO Andrea Guerra will take on the role of brand CEO on an interim basis, the company told Reuters.

The news was first reported by fashion trade publication WWD.

Luxury fashion has seen several changes in senior leadership and creative directors.

Luxury goods giant Kering, which owns Gucci, last week named Renault boss Luca de Meo as its new CEO, replacing Francois-Henri Pinault, who has led the heavily indebted family firm since 2005.

Top luxury houses are also betting on a new design direction to help rekindle interest from shoppers, who have pulled back on fashion as prices rise.

Earlier in June, LVMH-owned Dior appointed its menswear designer, Jonathan Anderson, to also head womenswear designs and haute couture, replacing Maria Grazia Chiuri.

Kering in May appointed former Valentino designer Pierpaolo Piccioli as creative director of Balenciaga, replacing Demna, who was taking up the chief design job at Gucci.

Designer changes have also taken place at Chanel, Versace, Valentino and LVMH-owned Celine among others.