Recent events
Recent events tied to this brand in public sources.
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2026
Chanel and M+ extend partnership for Pioneering Visions
M+ announced that Chanel renewed and extended its partnership with the museum for a further three years, backing the new multiyear “Pioneering Visions” project series.
2022
Chanel announces N°1 beauty line
Chanel announced a new beauty line, N°1, comprising skincare and makeup products. The range was already available on Chanel's e-shop, ahead of a wider launch planned for January 15.
2021
Chanel appoints Leena Nair as CEO
Chanel appointed Unilever chief human resources officer Leena Nair as its CEO; Nair was due to step down from her Unilever role in January to join Chanel.
2021
Chanel holiday calendar draws online criticism
After a blogger posted an unboxing video of a Chanel holiday calendar and said 16 of its items were stickers, bookmarks, a crystal glass ball, and other products with a total value of at most about 1,000 yuan, the video surpassed 7 million views and the topic trended on Weibo.
2021
Chanel raises prices on two handbags
Chanel increased the price of its Classic handbag by 16 per cent to US$8,400 and its 2.55 handbag by 29 per cent to over US$9,000.
2021
Chanel raises prices on Classic bags in South Korea
Chanel raised prices on its Classic bags in South Korea starting November 3, 2021. The small, medium, and large sizes increased by 17.8%, 15.8%, and 15.3%, respectively. Chanel Korea said this was a regular price change taking production and materials costs and exchange rates into account.
2021
Chanel and IFM establish a fashion savoir-faire academic chair
Chanel and the Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) established a five-year partnership for the Chanel and le19M Chair in Fashion Savoir-Faire, focused on creating a center for research and teaching in fashion crafts.
2021
Chanel Korea discloses customer data breach
Chanel Korea said that a cyberattack had breached personal information belonging to some customers in its Fragrance and Beauty membership database. It said payment information, IDs and passwords were not leaked. The company apologized, blocked the IP address behind the hacking, and engaged an independent cybersecurity firm to investigate.
2021
Chanel introduces a pearl-and-leather AirPods case
Chanel introduced a pearl-and-leather protective case for AirPods in its 2020/2021 Paris Métiers d’Art collection, with reported prices of $2,675 and 19,100 yuan on its China website.
2021
Chanel partners with Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Chanel and the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership formed a three-year partnership focused on sustainability solutions and leadership, including education, operational projects and student support.
2021
Chanel partners with CISL on sustainability programmes
Chanel partnered with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) on sustainability education and leadership, innovation sprints, and support for students entering green jobs. Chanel also committed to sponsoring students from marginalized backgrounds to join CISL’s Masters in Sustainability Leadership programme over the next three years.
2021
EU court rules in Chanel–Huawei trademark dispute
The EU General Court reportedly found some similarities between Chanel's and Huawei's trademarks but significant visual differences, and concluded that the marks did not infringe.
2021
Chanel launches Lipscanner app
Chanel made its Lipscanner app available for free on the Apple App Store in France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Korea and 15 other countries. The app identifies and virtually tries on lip shades from Chanel's range.
2021
Chanel launches its first holiday countdown calendar
Chanel introduced its first holiday countdown calendar, designed in the shape of a large N°5 perfume bottle and containing 27 numbered boxes of branded products.
2020
Chanel announces South African fragrance and beauty boutique
Chanel announced a fragrance and beauty boutique at Cape Town’s Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, scheduled to open on December 12, 2020. The article describes it as the first standalone pop-up concept for South Africa.
2020
CHANEL China fined for false advertising
Shanghai's Jing'an District Market Supervision Administration fined Chanel (China) Trading Co., Ltd. RMB 200,000 and ordered it to stop publishing advertisements after determining that product advertisements constituted false advertising.
2020
Chanel and Sunrun partner on California solar installations
Chanel is investing $35 million in a partnership with Sunrun to install solar arrays on low-income apartment buildings throughout California. Installations had been completed at 21 properties in Southern California.
2020
Chanel partners with Deauville American Film Festival
Chanel partnered with the 46th Deauville American Film Festival, held from September 4 to 13, 2020. The article says this was the second consecutive year the fashion house and festival partnered.
2020
CHANEL announces temporary closures of European production sites
CHANEL announced that it would close its production sites in France, Italy and Switzerland for two weeks amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
2020
P2 Science closes $12 million Series C financing
P2 Science announced that it closed a $12 million Series C financing round, with HG Ventures and Chanel joining as new investors alongside existing investors.