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 financial backing. Ms. Hindmarch, who with her Louis Vuitton ebene baghusband still owns the majority share of their company, says investment is crucial to growing a brand globally. “Businesses are quite thirsty and you need to go with their pace,” she said. “It’s a very international world now. You need to have visibility, stores, advertising, presence. “We also wanted partners who understood and cared about the long term vision of our business and it is enabling us to put in an enormous amount of investment,” she said, citing the information, accounting and warehouse systems — not to mention store fittings and e-commerce websites. “It’s a huge new phase for us and it needed that big energy. It’s frightening and exciting at the same time.”