patrice: if u.s.throughout my career how they would describe me, i would say servant leader. my job is to set the team up for success and create the conditions for people to leverage their full potential. if i do that, i will be fine. i think people would say listener. there is a great quote from a greek philosopher. we have two ears and one mouth, and there is a reason for that. people have said i am a learner, and ralph is an incredible inspiration, because based on where he is at this stage of life, he is constantly learning, and i use that is inspiration. i am a measured risk taker i would say. i am not a swim for the fence risk taker, but i believe in innovating, experimenting, and try new things. you feel that energy inside the company today. i love that spirit of trying things and learning. francine: what is a good day in the louvet world? patrice: a good day where i get the greatest energy and excitement is time in our stores. francine: do you change things around? patrice: i try to avoid doin

patrice: yes. think the notion of desirability is important, and there is an element of exclusivity, and that is why we pulled back in the u.s. where we felt like we had over distributed. and to some extent, ubiquity can be a challenge in the luxury space. not to some extent, it is a challenge of the luxury space, and you want to stay unique and special. that is why we are building markets in china even as we look ahead to markets like india. which are promising for the future. being very deliberate on planting the right foundation so we can build from there with the right image presentation. francine: the world is changing. we talk about ai all the time. we talk about sustainability, and the need for fashion companies to do more. how much time do you spend thinking about sustainability? patrice: a lot, and i will tell you why. if i go back to our conversation on purpose earlier. right? it is part of the dream of a better life, timelessness, and authentic style. timelessness and sustainability go t

patrice: it is pretty fun. probably the thing that attracted me to this opportunity is the opportunity to work with ralph, right? this man is a visionary, incredible entrepreneur who has had amazing success around the world, and the opportunity to work with him, to partner with him, is really special, and i cherish it every day. francine: and you have to get along. he is such a figure -- he has his name on the door. what is his vision? patrice: what is exciting is when you see where the store started, the tie, you see what it has become. i talk about our purpose is to inspire the dream with a better life of authenticity and time and style and that has been the driving force for the company. now we are around the world, well beyond ties. we have hospitality, restaurants, coffee shops, the women's business, the home business, but i'll still driven by a very consistent vision ambition, and this is a business very much about trends, and ralph says i hate fashion because fashion comes and goes. we talk about style,

patrice: pretty close. francine: what was the most surprising thing about your job since you started? patrice: there are so many things. perhaps the thing that attracted me to this opportunity is the opportunity to work with ralph. this man is a visionary, incredible, the opportunity to work with him and partner with him is special, and i cherish it every day. francine: you have to get along because he is still such a figure. he has his name on the door. patrice: he does have his name on the door. francine: how much is his vision? patrice: it all starts with his vision. where you see with the company started, it is all being driven by a consistent vision and consistent purpose. our purpose is to inspire the dream of a better life through authenticity and timeless style, and that has been the driving force for the company now. we are all around the world. we are beyond ties, we are in hospitality, coffee shops, minimizing his business, owned business but also still driven by a very consistent business ambiti

patrice: there are so many things. probably the thing that attracted me to this opportunity the most is the opportunity to work with ralph. this man is a visionary, incredible entrepreneur, has had amazing success around the world, and the opportunity to work with him and partner with him is special, and i cherish it every day. francine: you have to get along because he is still such a figure. he has his name on the door. patrice: he does have his name on the door. francine: how much of it is his vision? patrice: it all starts with his vision. what is exciting is where you see where this company started, a tie. it is all being driven by a consistent vision and consistent purpose. i have talked about, our purpose is to inspire the dream of a better life through authenticity and timeless style, and that has been the driving force of the company. now, we are all around the world. we are well beyond ties, we are in hospitality, coffee shops, women's business, homes business, but also still driven by a very consistent busin

patrice louvet, thank you so much for joining us on bloomberg. patrice: very happy to be here. francine: do you have the best job in the world? patrice: pretty close. francine: because it is fun? what was the most surprising thing about your job since you first started? patrice: there are so many things. probably the thing that actually attracted me to this opportunity is the opportunity to work with ralph. right? this man is a visionary, incredible entrepreneur, has had amazing success around the world. and the opportunity to work with him and partner with him is really special, and i cherish it every day. francine: you have to get along because he is still such a figure. he has his name on the door. patrice: he does have his name the door. francine: how much of it is his vision? patrice: it all starts with his vision. what is exciting is when you see where this company started, a tie. you see what it has become. it is all being driven by a consistent vision and consistent purpose. i have talked about, our purpose is to inspire the dream of a better life through authenticity a

patrice: i have not had a lot.e numbers are coming -- are not coming in the way you would like them to, that's unpleasant, but welcome to the business world. when we are not able to get the balance right between the magic and the logic and the groups are not communicating well, that obviously can be frustrating. one of the lovely things about it is it is very emotional. one of the challenging things about it is it is very emotional. francine: were you surprised that even in this cost-of-living crisis luxury does so well? patrice: i think people need to dream. when the environment is more challenging, people still need to dream. they need someone who is going to give them hope and bring optimism, and i think that is what the best luxury companies do well. francine: where will you be in the next five years? patrice: we are on an incredible journey in terms of growth and expense geographically. we will be stronger in asia. we will establish good presence in india. we will be better distributed across europe. we will b

patrice: i would not do that.do look a number of metrics, whether that is obviously, consumer profile, whether that is competitive environment, or the types of products being sold in the area. the last thing i would point to is operational discipline. these are complex businesses where we develop a lot of sku's every year. complex supply chains. and i think what you learn in the consumer goods industry is how to run pretty rigorous and disciplined supply chains. and just general operations. a lot of these luxury companies now are $5, $10, $15, $20 billion. the level of complexity requires great expertise. francine: how do you choose celebrities and influencers? again, you said we used to rely on magazines. everything has changed now. are consumers more influenced by influencers and celebrities? than they used to be. patrice: i think influencers have always been part of the business, whether it is the fashion industry or other spaces. francine: but it was more controlled. is that the difference? compared to 10 year

values patrice is saying yes yes yes. yeah right there i need to i need more here and a lot of our i'm going to marry you but i'm. in st in journalism i think this shows how difficult it is that this conversation even amongst ourselves as journalists of color because we're so used to not saying this stuff out loud well you were on a mainstream media platform and you found that or if you're quite hairy but you asked me carlos. what do you mean by i mean. you have about 2 feet yeah so i work for both. for about 3 years i resigned our. air and i wrote and the work for publication that we are going to black audiences. ebony ok africa. i was approached says as an intern i was also an internet c.n.n. in america documentary unit which soledad obviously ran i was in that during brag a little so i am totally. yes yes bassist emil i was going to have students. do you have yet to have fundamentally broken this idea of a shrink week 88 news stream change did you find out what was your experience because you are now free on communion

we're here with roland bloomberg, head of the patrice emory lumber foundation. good afternoon, mr. lumber. good afternoon. let's start with this. why is it important for you to be here in saint petersburg? for the rest of africa's summit, it just seems simple phone plus the, the limo, but foundation is happy to be present, whereas africa can or should make decisions. so we get to witness what's going on 1st hand and participate. we believe that sounds of all the continents of the world . there was still much to be done in africa. the us felt it was important to organize that conference with africa, china and from civil side on the side. and it is quite natural that a big country like russia is not lagging behind them or was invited to the 1st somebody in searching. we believed that all countries both need each other, especially because we don't have and they haven't had historical claims against russia all the soviet union as we do against other countries on issues of all shit balls. and we don't forget that the union contributed to our freedom, helped some afri

no, of course some members of the leadership went to patrice and a member university. they didn't become overly pro western, but it's believed that in the bhutto became these young dom with the united states and our region. so this is more likely to apply to other countries in the region. so during mobutu his rule, the country turned its back on russia. why the, it may seem, pay us exactly for the entire. so if you for years then, and a well divided into 2 camps, the members associates found more supports in the eastern bloc countries, made the payment of the problem the form. but after the end of mo, booties rule, the relation start to improve again. when the end of the boots, those real came, should be mentioned that at that time pressure was beginning its recovery from the collapse of the soviet union and relations with the african countries. love is not so long ago and said the menu, exactly. the relations had gone down, never less where a game determined to review my relations because we have a certain affection for russia. it's very noticeable for the people. so

good morning, megan ors good morning.>> reporter: good morn, patrice. the police have charged several people. among the suspects, todd dunkin known as donny he is accused of leading the gang's operations in the baltimore area. also arrested donald scott, aka piper. these two mense work for the no one profit group in west baltimore called communities organized to improve lives for coil. it's adult literacy programs and other adult programs, a program that authorities say was used as a front too make their gang appear as legitimate. >> reporter: when in fact behind the scenes the drug is involved in dealing drugs and fostering violence. >> the project direct ore says she was blind sided by these allegations but did not comment further. this is the 5th arrest to the black for il guerrilla fami. authorities indicted 24 people including 24 state prison officers during that bust. megan gilliland, fox 45 early edition. >>> an anne arundel county man is killed on the job. police say a slab of granite fell on him crushing him. the state is investigating. >>> a s

dagen: patrice, jump in. patrice: yeah.t traffic in as well as recruiting workers and then in the long term do you continue to -- do you think you'll be expanding or changing how you fill your workforce needs, maybe using automation? >> well, i think it's different across different categories. certainly on the qsr side of things, delivery and to-go has been something in fast casual where we've never seen higher numbers, delivery and to go went up to 85 when there were restaurant closures. you've had a huge increase of visible into delivery and to-go. and we have other brands for delivery out of kitchens, that's a way to leverage real estate. as far as the delta variant goes, we are not seeing a decline in foot traffic in our restaurants or in our sales, our casual dining brands have been up between 10 and 18%. our fast casual up as much as 12%, that's like the burger brands. twin peeks has see a similar lift in sales. i think we're not feeling it. twin peaks has a lot of restaurants located in texas, florida, georgia. they'

it was like really weird for patrice to be talking about the child. i boost because i am a human being. but he also said the football with a lifeline that saved tips the trees. thank you for coming to speak to me today. you know, i call you um one of the my successful football heads and recent history. but since for times of what we've done so many things you've done, pundits treat lots of social media. activism. well is the thing you most enjoy doing with your time at the moment is finally don't set up in a loud noise. these like meeting people inspired people helping people, 3 things i didn't have the time to do it. you know? because i always say when you a football player, you leaving the bubbles and you're like it's like trap inside the box. and it doesn't allow you to do many things you would like to do. so now i, i be honest i, i've seen a free as, as a pass on, but also mentally. and i can think about different things we should talk about. you'll pick, you mentioned the neighborhood least where you're from and a lot of really, really successful