LONDON: Gucci, the world’s third-largest fashion business, last week hired Ketchum to handle its internal communications across Europe.

LONDON: Gucci, the world’s third-largest fashion business, last

week hired Ketchum to handle its internal communications across

Europe.



The move follows Gucci’s acquisition in November of Sanofi Beaute,

French fashion house Yves-Saint Laurent’s parent company. The company

now boasts 2,000 employees around the world.



Central to the decision was design director Tom Ford, one of Gucci’s

more recognizable public personas. Ford will play a key role in

transforming the perception of Y-SL, whose ...