Archive for January, 2012
High digital media usage and device ownership make affluents a tempting digital target
The 10 Most Outrageous Luxury Purchases In January 0
The new year started off with some large, quirky and outrageous purchases.
Diverting away from the fashionista purchases of last month, this month was about history, cars and real estate.
Jennifer...
Get to Know Pinterest: Here Are 10 Fashion Pinners You Should Be Following Right Now 0
If you haven’t hopped on the Pinterest bandwagon yet, you should get on it, pronto. Founded in March 2010, image-based social networking site Pinterest made waves in the start-up world, garnering...
WSJ: Luxury Travel Club Inspirato Raises $20M At Valuation Close To $200M – Wall Street Journal (blog) 0
WSJ: Luxury Travel Club Inspirato Raises $20M At Valuation Close To $200M – Wall Street Journal (blog) 0
WSJ: Luxury Travel Club Inspirato Raises $20M At Valuation Close To $200M
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Last December, online design retailer Fab.com raised $40 million in an investment that valued the...
Are Super Bowl Tickets an Oracle for the Luxury Consumer? – CNBC.com 0
Washington Times
Are Super Bowl Tickets an Oracle for the Luxury Consumer?
CNBC.com
ConvergExMarket Group's Nicholas Colas takes an annual look at “Super Bowl economics” to get a peek into the...
These Old Luxury Brands Are Revamping Their Looks This Year 0
This post originally appeared at The High Low.
If Louis Vuitton’s LV logo is too played out for your liking and Gucci’s red and green stripes just aren’t your colors, 2012 might be the ideal year to...
Italian economic reforms hit the fashion industry 0
The law passed last December by Mario Monti's new technocratic government that limits cash transactions in Italy to EUROS 1000 and under has had some unexpected January repercussions on the...
Artspace Raises $2.5 Million For Its Contemporary Art Marketplace 0
Artspace, an e-commerce startup that helps connect contemporary artists and galleries with potential customers, has raised a $2.5 million Series A funding round with participation from Felicis...
2012 Predictions: Luxury e-Commerce Will Be China’s Domain 0
Young, rich, digitally-native, and increasingly fixated on luxury. This is the new and future prestige buyer profile, and to nobody’s surprise, it’s found almost exclusively in the far eastern...
15 Ideas on Luxury & Innovation from L2 Think Tank 0
For the past year, I’ve enjoyed attending the L2 Think Tank session via Fora.TV. Whether a half a day or a full day, the session delivers so much information and so ...
Online fashion marketing...
Audi suits up for trend-changing Super Bowl commercial 0
Audi S7
German automaker Audi is looking to wipe out the long-hyped vampire fad with its Super Bowl XLVI advertisement for the S7, which promotes its powerful LED lights that can apparently destroy...
Town&Country moves to mobile with iPad app 0
Town&Country February 2012 cover
Hearst’s Town&Country magazine digitalized its content through the launch of its first iPad application out in time for the February issue.
Existing...