The Chanel store in Paris, near the Champs-Élysées, was robbed on Monday morning.
He writes Le Parisien.
According to the newspaper, four people were involved in the robbery.
The robbers are said to have used a large SUV as a tool to smash the store's window, which was smashed. After the robbery, they set fire to the car and fled in another car.
More than double
– They clearly prepared well and probably did surveillance beforehand. Robbing a store like this, in the center of Paris, is risky. They are professionals, Loic Desertin of the Paris police tells the newspaper.
This is not the first time the Chanel store has been subjected to violent robbery.
– Never forget that Chanel in Sweden was robbed with a tractor, points out KK fashion and beauty editor Ida Elise Edi Einarsdóttir.
In 2017, the luxury Chanel store in Stockholm was the subject of an attempted robbery. At that time, the thieves did not succeed in seizing any of the goods.
Shock exit
Virginie Viard was Karl Lagerfeld's right-hand woman, and took over the management of the luxury fashion house after his death.
After five years as creative director and a total of thirty years at the fashion house, she recently chose to leave it.
Chanel's sales increased by 16 percent from 2022 to 2023 under Viard's management to a staggering NOK 19.7 billion.
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