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Innovative Entrepreneur? Apply for the LVMH Innovation Award, 2019

The LVMH Innovation Award has opened up application for its 2019 cohort. LVMH innovation Award is an annual celebration of innovation in accordance with the core values of the Group, stimulating creativity and excellence with inventive projects. One aim of the group is to support the ecosystem of startups and speed their integration to the benefit of customers and businesses.

As part, its uncompromising quest for excellence and unique leadership, LVMH and its Maisons continuously collaborate with startups to accelerate the businesses and bring the best of startup culture to the Group.

This year’s award would be 3 days of intense pitching and exciting encounters with 30 finalists selected from the pool of applicants pitching and showcasing their solutions in the LVMH lab. However, only a winner will emerge.

Why the LVMH needs you

Delivering a remarkable experience along all possible touch points of the customer journey is of utmost importance to the organisation, the goal being to not only meet client’s expectations but to continuously exceed them.

Therefore LVMH is looking for any relevant ideas related to the luxury sector or not, ranging from online and offline retail solutions, AR/VR or mixed reality tools, data and analytical systems, marketing and B2B solutions, forward-looking devices or services, and many more that can have an impact on the luxury consumer.

Benefits

If selected, a startup will be showcased in their own booth within the LVMH Luxury Lab during the three days of the event.

The winner will be invited to meet with LVMH teams and discuss a potential relationship with the Group and its Maisons.

Eligibility criteria

  • Contestant must be a natural person over 18 years of age have participated in the incorporation of and/or being the legal representative of the company
  • The company must have been created in the last 10 years
  • Company employees must be up to 100
  • Offer a scalable business Model

Application

Interested applicants should apply online on or before Friday, February 15, 2019.

 

Oghenero Okikie

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