LVMH

Demonstrate your game-changing solutions to transform luxury, and win a chance to increase your visibility and unlock unique opportunities within the Group.

THE LVMH INNOVATION AWARD

 

 

The world leader in luxury, LVMH owes its performance to its entrepreneurial and visionary spirit – the one of his founder, Bernard Arnault – which is the key pillar to the Group’s long-lasting success.
Each of its 75 Maisons is continuously fostering innovation, creativity and excellence.

Since 2017, the LVMH Innovation Award puts the spotlight on the best global startups and has been a powerful provider of solutions to enhance the customer experience.

This challenge establishes itself as a unique acceleration program for the startup ecosystem, by building successful collaborations between LVMH Maisons and any startup willing to explore new business models and technologies. 
 



DISCOVER THE WORLD OF LVMH

 

 

WHY APPLY?


You demonstrate through your solution, product or service that you can play an active part for the
 LVMH Group and its 75 Maisons and deliver at large scale. Should it be during the creation process, the omnichannel customer journey, or what goes on “behind the scenes” (operations, manufacturing, etc.), you bring excellence to our innovation effort in all areas of the Group’s 6 business sectors exposed below.
Close attention will be given to solutions in the Fashion Tech, Beauty Tech or Jewelry Tech for example. 

 
 
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WINES & SPIRITS

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FASHION & LEATHER GOODS

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PERFUMES & COSMETICS

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WATCHES & JEWELRY

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SELECTIVE RETAILING

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OTHER ACTIVITIES
(ex: Hospitality and Media)


We are eager to discover game-changing solutions that answer to the challenge:

Tech Part in Our Future!

THE FINALISTS


6 startups will be rewarded for their relevant solutions among the 6 categories below, and 1 of them will be recognized as the LVMH Innovation Award Winner.

The jury will give 1 startup a special mention for its Data and AI solution.


 
OMNICHANNEL & RETAIL 

 

Online and offline innovative shopping experiences, personalization, customer care, clienteling, business operations, sales and marketing.
 
MEDIA & BRAND AWARENESS 

 

Brand content management, social media campaigns, tools and analytics.
 
3D/VIRTUAL PRODUCT EXPERIENCE & METAVERSE 

 

All solutions linked to NFT, Metaverse, 3D, AR, VR, MR allowing new product discovery experiences.
 
OPERATIONS & MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE 

 

Logistics, innovative technologies for manufacturing, process optimization and industry 4.0 business tools.
 
EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE & CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSABILITY 

 

Recruiting, onboarding, employee lifecycle management, future of work. Social concerns in our business operations, inclusion, education, etc.
 

SUSTAINABILITY 

 


Materials, manufacturing, supply chain, packaging, product lifecycle management, marketing and communications actions.

EMBARKING ALL FINALISTS ON
 
THE LVMH INNOVATION AWARD JOURNEY

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1

Be on our Lab

Take the global spotlight on the LVMH Lab.

Meet the industry stakeholders and get unique exposure within LVMH innovation communities to identify business opportunities.

2

Grow with us and participate to our transformation

As a laureate, get a chance to join La Maison des Startups, the LVMH business acceleration program at Station F, to foster your business collaborations within the Group.

 

WHO CAN APPLY?

  

- Startups from early stage to growth and scale-up

- Startups addressing a pain point all along the value chain in luxury, omnichannel and retail

 - Startups with potential to operate at a global scale

 


THE SELECTION PROCESS

 

The selection process of the LVMH Innovation Award will consider:

- The business potential with LVMH and its Maisons
- The startup’s track record: clients, live projects and use cases
- The scalability of the solution across its Maisons
- The geographic coverage
- The exhaustiveness of the application

LOOKING BACK AT THE
2021 LVMH INNOVATION AWARD


The winner of the 2021 LVMH Innovation Award was Bambuser, a startup specialized in Live Stream Shopping which helps brands host live shopping sessions online, with influencers or sales associates.

 

"At Bambuser, we are on a mission to change retail. We are so proud to contribute to do this with the LVMH Group. Any startup needs more than just a mission to succeed: a dedicated and highly skilled team that doesn’t take no for an answer, and that one important customer who believes in you and wants to trailblaze with you, and that is what LVMH is to us”.

Sophie Abrahamsson, Chief Commercial Officer, Bambuser

 

Discover the 2021 winners by category:

  • Data & Artificial Intelligence: Data&Data 
  • Employee Experience: Each One 
  • Media & Brand Awareness: Aglet
  • Omnichannel & Retail Experience: Bambuser 
  • Operations & Manufacturing Excellence: Hipli 
  • Sustainability: Galy

 

 

 

MEET THE JURY


LVMH Top Management is involved in the selection process and designation of the winners in each category with active participation of:  
 
 
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Franck LE MOAL

LVMH Group Information and Technology Director 

 

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Michael DAVID

LVMH Group Chief Omnichannel Officer 

 

 
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Mathilde DELHOUME

LVMH Group Global Brand Officer

 

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Sandra RIMBOT

LVMH Group Talent Management HR Director

 

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Hélène VALADE

LVMH Group Environment Development Director

 

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Mohamed MARFOUK

LVMH Group Operations Director
 

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Bertrand STALLA-BOURDILLON

LVMH Group Vice President Retail Development

 

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Olivier THEOPHILE

LVMH Group Corporate Social
Responsibility Director

 

THE TIMELINE

 

9

DECEMBER

Opening of the challenge

4

MARCH

Closing of the challenge

13

MAY

Announcement of the finalists

15-18

JUNE

Viva Tech Paris

17

JUNE

LVMH Innovation Award Ceremony