[6][9] In 2000, after buying factories from GFT, Armani formed a joint venture with Zegna for the production and distribution of the Collezioni men's collection.

[6] In 2001, Armani commissioned architect Tadao Ando to transform an old Nestlé chocolate factory in Milan's Savona/Tortona area into the company's headquarters.

[13][14][15] In 2007, Giorgio Armani confirmed to Reuters that he had been approached by Beiersdorf in 2005 about a potential merger but had since been too distracted by other projects to pursue that option.

[23] In February 2020, Armani was the first fashion brand to decide to close its runway shows to the public amid the beginning COVID-19 pandemic, holding the event without an audience.

[26] Despite promising to suspend investments in Russia, Giorgio Armani continues to operate in the country amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

While the brand held a silent Milan Fashion Week show in February 2022 as a "sign of respect" for Ukraine, it has not reduced its activities or signaled plans to exit the Russian market.

Giorgio Armani is among several European companies that remain operational in Russia, sparking questions about their ethical and corporate responsibilities during the conflict.

[34] Other costume design projects have included American Gigolo (1980), The Untouchables (1987), A Star for Two (1991), The Bodyguard (1992), Nirvana (1997), Hurlyburly (1998), Ocean's Thirteen (2007), Inglourious Basterds (2009), The String (2009),[35] Hanna (2011),[36] Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), A Most Violent Year (2014)[37] and The Young Pope (2016).

"[39] For its campaigns, the brand has worked with photographers including Sølve Sundsbø (2015),[40] Peter Lindbergh (2017)[41] and Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott (2019).

[43] Over the years, cosmetics campaigns featured Beyoncé (2008),[49] Kasia Smutniak (2009),[50] Megan Fox (2010),[51] Cate Blanchett (2013),[52] Valentina Sampaio (2021),[53] Tessa Thompson (2022),[54] Regé-Jean Page (2022),[55] Sydney Sweeney (2023)[56] and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (2024).

[72] As part of the brand's first-ever eyewear collection in 2021, it presented a pair of oval-shaped wire-rimmed silver glasses that Giorgio Armani has worn, in sunglass and reading form, since the late 1980s.

[74] To accelerate the development of the nascent line, Giorgio Armani co-established the joint venture company Presidio Holdings Ltd in 2005 alongside Como Holdings, the company owned by the Singaporean tycoon Ong Beng Seng that, since 1994, has held the production and distribution license for A|X Armani Exchange in the United States, Canada, Central and South America and Asia-Pacific.

[79] The junior line consists of baby clothing, accessories, T-shirts, pullovers, suits, shoes, hats, shirts, belts, bags, and underwear.

[82] In addition, the label is available in selected department stores everywhere in the world, for example, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Breuninger and Peek & Cloppenburg.

[87] In 2021, Giorgio Armani launched a namesake fine watches collection in collaboration with Swiss watchmaker Parmigiani Fleurier, the first such project for the designer.

[92] As the Architectural Digest reported in February 2012, Armani/Casa includes state-of-the-art kitchens, sold under the Armani/Dada name – a partnership with Molteni Group, as well as luxurious fabrics produced in collaboration with Rubelli.

[118] For the collections, Armani uses precious materials like alabaster, black marble, and lacquered wood in the shape of cylinders, cubes, and rhomboids.

The Armani Hotel was opened in Burj Khalifa on April 27, 2010,[123] comprising the bottom 39 floors of the supertall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

According to its website, "Armani/Privé prides itself on primely located clubs at the cutting edge of the city's nightlife scene, setting the bar high by attracting internationally acclaimed resident DJs that play the latest beats to a carefully selected crowd, sipping on signature cocktails.

[131] In 2006, Emporio Armani became a partner of the global Product Red initiative, founded by Bono and Bobby Shriver to fight AIDS in Africa.

[135][136][137] In 2020, Giorgio Armani donated a total of €2,000,000 to several Italian hospitals (Luigi Sacco, San Raffaele and Institute of Oncology hospitals in Milan, Spallanzani in Rome, Humanitas Gavazzeni in Bergamo, Guglielmo di Saliceto in Piacenza, Versilia in Lido di Camaiore) and to the Civil Protection to combat the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and converted its production facilities into facilities for the production of disposable gowns.

[145] In that edition, one of the brand's sponsor actresses was Laura Haddock, who took part in the campaign created by Harper's Bazaar and ORBIS Production.

[146] Also in 2019, A|X Armani Exchange became the first fashion brand to debut in the world of e-sports — professional multiplayer video game competitions — when it sponsored the Italian team Makers for the 2019–20 season.

[147] Among others, Armani designed suits for Italy's delegations to the 2009 FINA World Aquatics Championships[148] and the 2012 Summer Olympics[149] as well as for the country's national football team at the UEFA Euro 2020.

At the ATP Tour circuit, Armani dressed so many professional players like Simone Bolelli, Fabio Fognini and Lorenzo Sonego.

Armani banned animal fur in 2016 and signed in 2019 the "Fashion Pact" with other major industry players to address climate change.

[156] Also in 2014, Giorgio Armani SpA paid 270 million euros to Italian tax authorities to settle a dispute over payments from the group's subsidiaries abroad.

[157] In 2015, Giorgio Armani Corp's former general counsel Fabio Silva filed a $75 million lawsuit in the New York Supreme Court against the company, accusing it of discriminating against him because of his Mexican origins and firing him for having cancer.

[158][159] On July 17, 2024, the Italian competition authority, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), announced the launch of an investigation into Armani and Dior.

[160] Prosecutors claim to have discovered workshops on the outskirts of Milan where mostly illegal immigrant workers sold products to Armani as well as Dior for a fraction of their retail price.