Archive for January, 2013
Dior Opens Sydney Store as Luxury Brands Seek Out Asian Demand
Bloomberg
“Some of the luxury goods retailers have done extraordinarily well over the last few years,” David White, national retail...
GILT GROUPE FOUNDER: The Importance Of Mobile In Online Sales Is Still … – Business Insider 0
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GILT GROUPE FOUNDER: The Importance Of Mobile In Online Sales Is Still ...
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In one aha! moment, we were selling Christian Laboutin shoes– one product, and within a...
DealBook: Blackstone’s Quarterly Profit Jumps 43% 0
The alternative investment giant Blackstone Group said on Thursday that it had earned about $670 million for the quarter, as almost all of its businesses showed gains. For the year, the firm earned...
Building Luxury Brand Loyalty via Exclusive Experiences – Businessweek 0
Building Luxury Brand Loyalty via Exclusive Experiences
Businessweek
Store openings for big luxury brands are typically glitzy events reserved for celebrities, fashion insiders, and press. But when...
Salvatore Ferragamo Sales Rise 17% 0
Global retail and wholesale growth and gains in its footwear and leather goods categories contributed to the gain. Continue reading...
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L2?s Third-Annual Digital IQ Index®: Hotels 0
Today marks the release of our third-annual Digital IQ Index®: Hotels study. This year’s report benchmarks the digital competence of 57 Hotel brands according to 675 data points across four digital...
Alexa Wilson Joins DailyCandy 0
Most recently she was executive director of marketing at the Hearst Design Group. Continue reading...
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Neiman’s Q2 Revenue Rises 6.5% 0
Women’s contemporary sportswear and shoes, designer handbags, designer jewelry and men’s wear paced the business at the luxury retailer’s stores. Continue reading...
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Desperate Measures? Bloggers Faking VIP Status By Paying For Their Own ‘Swag’ 0
Five years ago, blogger swag was something that we all knew existed but never really discussed publicly. Then, the Federal Trade Commission got involved, and suddenly every online outlet—no matter...
Sephora Opens Largest Store in Asia 0
The company’s global chief executive officer, Chris de Lapuente, sat down with WWD and spoke of the multibrand retailer’s meteoric rise in China. Continue reading...
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Prabal Gurung On His Humble Beginnings and That Time He Asked Fern Mallis If He Could Show for Free 0
Prabal Gurung’s seen so many succesful milestones in his career (dressing the First Lady, being named a runner-up for the 2010 CFDA / Vogue Fashion Fund, an upcoming Target collaboration) it’s hard...
Hermès and Comme des Garçons: surprising sister brands under the skin 0
One of the more intriguing collaborations that has come my way has to be the Hermès/Comme des Garcons team-up. What, one thinks, do France’s most classic luxury brand and Japan’s most conceptual...
Off-site wine storage introduces an iPad app 0
For the wine enthusiast looking to get serious about keeping bottles, but lacking the space at home to do so, off-site storage can provide a handy, well-managed solution. Even those with the square...