Riot-ravaged luxury stores in Paris fear more mayhem, looting

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Luxury boutiques in Paris, including Louis Vuitton’s Champs-Élysées flagship and Christian Dior’s avenue Montaigne store, have strengthened window protections after recent riots and looting. Businesses are concerned that further unrest could bring additional damage and losses.

Across Paris’ toniest shopping districts, luxury boutiques bear the scars of a weekend of rioting that filled social media feeds around the world. Now they are bracing for the possibility of another round. On the avenue Champs-Elysees, Louis Vuitton’s flagship store has metallic grates protecting its windows that are not there at quieter times, as does the Christian Dior Couture emporium on avenue Montaigne, a nexus of high-end shopping in Paris’ eighth arrondissement. Both stores escaped...