Hublot to Increase Focus on Women

PARIS — On a stop in Paris, Hublot chief executive officer Ricardo Guadalupe welcomed a small crowd of athletes and clients for a pre-French Open gathering. Virtual tennis games and Champagne were offered on a terrace overlooking the Eiffel Tower, with a clutch of top-ranking tennis players on hand to mingle with guests: Simona Halep, Elina Svitolina, Karolina Pliskova and Borna Coric. Three women and one man, reflecting a new push by the house to champion women athletes, explained Guadalupe, speaking with WWD from a hedge-lined patio overlooking the Trocadero fountains.  Defying his gruelling travel schedule, the executive looked polished and relaxed, wearing a suit. He had been in Monaco the day before to inaugurate a new store; next week he’s heading to Madrid to see Liverpool and Tottenham face off in the UEFA Champions league soccer finale—after a stop in Switzerland. The label has forged a strategy based on tight relations with clients, hosting hundreds of events a year—more than one a day, in high seasons—with the aim of personally meeting as many clients as possible. Accompanying Guadalupe to the soccer finale, the label has invited some 40 guests—clients from all over the world, he said, including Chinese, Brazilian and Mexican nationals, and some

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