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How Maison Francis Kurkdjian built a brand around the Picasso of fragrance

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Born of a collaboration in 2009 between Marc Chaya and perfumer Francis Kurkdjian, Maison Francis Kurkdjian has become a major player in the luxe fragrance industry, and is sold across more than 700 locations worldwide. Gradually, Francis and I were more and more often thinking about creating a fragrance house together.

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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

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cities,” says Steve Kaufman, former Editor-in-Chief of VMSD from 1998 until 2009. He wrote about fanciful props, imaginative themes and the use of color and lighting to capture the attention of passersby. In 1925, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover said, “The Midas of advertising has given artists freedom and independence.”.