Gianfranco Lotti

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Gianfranco Lotti Retail
IndustryLuxury leather goods [1]
Founded Florence, Tuscany, Italy [2] 1968;54 years ago (1968)
FounderGianfranco Lotti
HeadquartersVia di Porto 35, Scandicci, ,
Number of locations
5 boutiques
Areas served
Florence, Milan, Dubai, Seoul, Chongqing
Key people
  • Gianfranco Lotti (founder and board member)
Products
Number of employees
130 (2016)
Website www.gianfrancolotti.com

Gianfranco Lotti is a designer leather handbag company based in Florence, Italy. Its founder and owner is Gianfranco Lotti.

History

Gianfranco Lotti opened his first workshop in Florence in 1968, after a long apprenticeship. Lotti opened his first boutique in Via de' Tornabuoni, in the historic center of Florence. [3]

In 2013, the original parent company of Gianfranco Lotti, Bottega Manifatturiera Borse SpA, was purchased by the German fund, Halder, with Franco Lucà as the new CEO. Lotti was named as the technical advisor to Gianfranco Lotti Retail S.R.L. In addition to the Florence boutique, single-brand stores were opened in Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris [4] and Chongqing in China. There is also a single-brand boutique on Via Monte Napoleone, Milan. [3]

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References

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  2. Who's Who in Italy (2014 ed.). Milano: Who's Who. 2014. pp. 2267–2268.
  3. 1 2 "MFFashion.com - Focus sul retail per gianfranco lotti" . Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  4. "Gianfranco Lotti a Parigi". Vogue. Vogue Magazine / Vogue Italia . Retrieved 18 February 2016.