Museum exhibitions must enhance rather than showcase fashion
SEOUL, South Korea – The equation of fashion and art is a red herring, according to a professor of fashion and museology.
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Announcing Luxury Daily’s Mobile Insights Summit 2016 New York June 23
Register now for Luxury Daily’s Mobile Insights Summit 2016, the nation’s only data-led executive conference discussing how evolving mobile consumer behavior is affecting brands and retailers’ marketing, retail, media and digital efforts. Analyst speakers from Deloitte, Strategy Analytics, GfK, BIA/Kelsey, comScore, McCann Truth Central, Shullman Research Center and Boston Retail Partners.
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Luxury beauty concept goes beyond product for Asian consumers
SEOUL, South Korea – In Asia, undergoing plastic surgery to alter one’s appearance is a symbol of status and class, just as much as owning a Chanel handbag is in the West.
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Van Cleef & Arpels explores origins of gems, jewelry design in Singapore
Jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels is exploring gemology and the craft that goes into its pieces through an exhibition at the ArtScience Museum in Singapore.
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Despite phasing out in the West, hats remain popular in Asia
SEOUL, South Korea – While hats are no longer staples of fashion in the West, they endure in the East.
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Industrial development, not trends, integral to rise of South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea – The rise of Asian fashion is an industrial and historical process, not just a result of “trends,” according to a Simone Fashion Company executive speaking at the Condé Nast International Luxury Conference on April 21.
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Shoppers browse and purchase from same device, increasingly a smartphone: report
While in the past, shoppers frequently browsed on a mobile device and then purchased from another device, this is becoming less common as interest in buying on smartphones grows, according to a new report from Bronto Software.
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Top 5 brand moments from last week
Marketers and designers are continuing to take inspiration from the arts.
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Hyères Festival, Coldwell Banker, Mandarin Oriental and Mercedes – Live news
Luxury Daily’s live news from April 22 – Chanel, Galeries Lafayette support budding fashion talent through Hyères Festival; Coldwell Banker lists fictional $75M X-Men mansion in cinematic campaign; Mandarin Oriental Atlanta teams with Bloomingdale’s to beautify buddies; Mercedes illustrates importance of car care with grooming comparison.
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Chanel, Hedi Slimane, Hugo Boss and Lexus – News briefs
Today in luxury marketing – Chanel opens fine jewelry boutique inside Bergdorf Goodman; How Hedi Slimane presaged fashion’s Instagram obsession; Hugo Boss replaces brand chief with company veteran amid turmoil; Lexus GS F: A luxury car with a steroid habit.
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3 ways to reinvent the phone number
Conventional wisdom is that the phone number is on the way out. When Facebook rolled out its predictions for what 2016 would hold, one of its key arguments was for the disappearance of the phone number as messaging applications continue to grow.
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Quantifying effective mobile user experiences
A Forrester study reports that half of users’ state they would uninstall an app that they classify as poor and would be less willing to interact with the company’s Web site or on social media.
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