Archive for July, 2011
After attending the BARNEYS + NARS event last month at the Soho House, we were happy to receive more good news from NARS this month. And since this news involves its e-commerce site, we are...
Mercedes-Benz uses Facebook data to personally connect with consumers 0
The Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe
Mercedes-Benz is engaging consumers with a new Facebook application that features the German automaker’s new C-Class coupe and integrates users’ friends into the...
Shiseido’s Q1 Losses Narrow 0
The beauty company saw growth at home in Japan and abroad. Continue reading...
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Gilt City unveils pop-up event site for New Yorkers escaping to the Hamptons 0
Gilt City prominently features the new site on its Web site
Gilt City is rewarding its members with a handful of curated events at the flash-sale site’s first month-long, pop-up-concept event space...
PPR Posts First-Half Profit Higher Than Estimates – Bloomberg 0
PPR Posts First-Half Profit Higher Than Estimates
Bloomberg
PPR (PP) SA, the French owner of the Gucci luxury brand and online fashion retailer Redcats, reported first-half profit that beat...
JW Marriott Luxury Brand Grows Global Portfolio With New Hotels – Sacramento Bee 0
JW Marriott Luxury Brand Grows Global Portfolio With New Hotels
Sacramento Bee
"The JW Marriott name is reserved for select luxury hotels in key gateway city and resort destinations. Each hotel...
From Hong Kong Fashion Blogger To Media Powerhouse: POPBEE’s Janice Lee (Interview) 0
Journey Of A Blog: The Rise Of POPBEE
POPBEE founder, Janice Lee
With readers around the world and tens of thousands of Facebook and Sina Weibo fans, Hong Kong’s POPBEE wields substantial influence...
The Luxury Online Destination Pursuitist.com Officially Launches – PR Newswire (press release) 0
The Luxury Online Destination Pursuitist.com Officially Launches
PR Newswire (press release)
"Pursuitist is luxury redefined. It's about finding and sharing the good things in life. To...
Luxury Dives Deeper into China 0
As the euro depreciates and the U.S. faces more economic turbulence, luxury brands are upping prices—and looking to Chinese, on the mainland and abroad, for market growth.
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Record Sales at Swatch Group Despite Rising Swiss Franc 0
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The strength of Swiss franc has had an adverse impact for the Swatch Group but the company that houses some of the world’s best-known Swiss watch brands continues to show strong...
Crystals: All that glitters 0
It makes bling for teens and cut-glass crystals for the fashion elite. After more than a century in business, how, asks Harriet Walker, does Swarovski keep on sparkling?
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BMW: Multi-tier, Multi-year Sponsorship Of Team USA 0
BMW will back the United States Olympic team for the next six years, starting with next year's London summer Olympic games.
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BMW Catching Up to Audi in China – Bloomberg 0
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BMW Catching Up to Audi in China
Bloomberg
By Bloomberg News - Thu Jul 28 09:02:37 GMT 2011 July 27 (Bloomberg) -- Martyn Briggs, an automotive consultant at Frost & Sullivan,...
VERTU withdraws from Japan – future of brand uncertain 0
Nokia Oyj, the world's biggest handset maker by volume, said its Vertu luxury phone unit is withdrawing from Japan. Vertu has made the decision to prioritize certain areas of its business and as...
Are click-to-buy videos the future of ecommerce? 0
Gucci used clickable video for its pre-fall campaign
Luxury brands such as Gucci, Burberry and Hugo Boss are using commerce-enabled videos and pioneering what one expert is calling the future of...
Why luxury brands should care about magazines’ digital presence 0
Time magazine has the highest digital IQ
To avoid the fate of the flailing print newspaper industry, magazines are pouring their resources into digital endeavors and presenting new and interactive...