Archive for January, 2010

Foursquare Pitches To TV Audiences With New Bravo Partnership 0

Bravo TV characters from shows like The Real Housewives and Top Chef are now offering suggestions for stores, restaurants and bars on mobile-social application Foursquare. The new partnership...

Does social media make your head hurt? Here are a few helpful resources for hotels | By Daniel Edward Craig 0

Does social media make your head hurt? Here are a few helpful resources for hotels  Bookmark this on Delicious - Saved by UncommonUpdate to ...

Geely aims to protect Volvo’s luxury image – Financial Times 0

Geely aims to protect Volvo's luxury image Financial Times “We don't want the image of a luxury car made in a third world country [where labour is cheap]. We want the image of a European...

Bloomingdale's Dubai Opens: First International Store 0

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- The city with the world's tallest building now has one more claim to fame: the only Bloomingdale's outside the United States. Dubai's crown prince inaugurated...

Luxury Brands Face Slowing Economies 0

Top 100 Luxury Blogs 0

A list of luxury blogs categorized by industry. It may not be perfect, but it’s a decent starting place when it comes to engaging bloggers in any given category. (International Listings)

Hearst, Meredith Try Web-to-Print Titles 0

Is reverse publishing becoming a growing trend for magazines? Normally, magazines launch Web sites from print brands. But Hearst is going in the opposite direction with the launch of Light &...

Old Masters Move at Sotheby’s Auction 0

Sotheby's reached the high end of its presale estimate for its Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture auction on Thursday. The sale was expected to generate between $38 million and $55 million,...

Fluff flies as fashion writers pick a cat fight with bloggers 0

They were fashion's Young Turks: the scant few voices of criticism in a sea of superficiality. But fast forward one season, and fashion bloggers are facing a backlash for falling under the spell of...

Fashion’s farewell to frugality 0

At last week's Paris couture shows, the super-rich were preparing to spend their bonuses - albeit discreetly. Justine Picardie reports on fashion's new fondness for inconspicuous consumption

Shopping: Where No Women Dare to Tread – Newsweek.com 0

Some luxury brands have always catered exclusively to either men or women—think Dunhill, Ermenegildo Zegna, and Brioni for men or Jimmy Choo and Christian Lacroix for the ladies. But most are happy...

An Insider’s, Insider’s Guide to Luxury Travel 0

The luxury traveler is awash in options – when even Yangon, Myanmar has two (!) 5-star hotels, you know that the forward scouts of the voluptuary have planted flags just about everywhere. Now the...

Chinese Loom as Art-Sale Players 0

Sotheby's and Christie's International are set to begin a major round of art auctions in London on Tuesday, and experts say Chinese collectors may emerge as power players.

The future of couture? 0

Clients will love the collections shown in Paris. But how they will drive what comes next in high fashion is hard to fathom, writes Vanessa Friedman

An Army Of 28-Year-Old Women Unleashes Hell On Condé Nast 0

With 12 million uniques and 100 million pageviews per month, San Francisco-based blog network for women Sugar Inc. is profitable on revenues between $10 million and $50 million. The company -- now...

Does social media make your head hurt? Here are a few helpful resources for hotels | By Daniel Edward Craig 0

Putting together a social media program is a daunting task. You're navigating uncharted territory, and it feels like everyone is watching. Fortunately, there are a few sharp people out there who have...

‘Pretty Simple Model’: Guide for the Arts Finds Luxury Advertiser Gold – Minonline (subscription) 0

'Pretty Simple Model': Guide for the Arts Finds Luxury Advertiser Gold Minonline (subscription) The Guide model is about to move online, with more calendar and restaurant listings that can...

BMW 2009 Revenue Down 4.7% As Demand For Luxury Cars Waned – Wall Street Journal 0

AFP BMW 2009 Revenue Down 4.7% As Demand For Luxury Cars Waned Wall Street Journal XE) said Friday revenue in 2009 declined 4.7% year-on-year to EUR50.68 billion, reflecting the woes luxury car...

Revamping Richemont’s Wardrobe – The Source – WSJ 0

The luxury goods industry still looks broadly cheap, assuming Asian demand will help it regain the multiples it sported back in the halcyon days of 2001-2007, and this suggests it’s time for a...

Christie’s Sees Art-Market Recovery After 24% Decline in Sales – Bloomberg.com 0

Christie’s International said that it is confident of the art market recovering after sales declined 24 percent in 2009, a “demanding year.”  Bookmark this on Delicious - Saved...

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