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Gap Inc.’s Hiring Spree & Burke’s LVMH Listening Tour

Fresh reporting from around the fashion universe: the slew of major hires across the Gap Inc. portfolio; the departure of LVMH’s longtime H.R. honcho Gena Smith to the J.Crew Group; and the anxiety percolating through LVMH Americas as new chairman Michael Burke settles in.

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Michael Burke
There are layoffs coming to all of the big European groups—if they haven’t hit already—and there’s no doubt that Burke, an exacting and uncompromising executive, is going to restructure. Photo: Balint Porneczi/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Lauren Sherman
September 18, 2025

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