Why SMS – and not social – is the business channel to beat in 2017

Published: January 6, 2017

Few would have predicted in 1992, aka the age of the infamous “Saved by the Bell’s Zack Morris phone” (also fondly referred to as the “Brick”), that heading into the year 2017 we would be consumed by our mobile devices. But it is indeed true, and growing ever more so by the minute.

Fashion consumers waking up to pajamas?

Published: January 6, 2017

The coolest Instagram account of the moment is not Gucci or Balmain or even Vetements. It is F.R.S, or For Restless Sleepers, a brand whose items makes us want to leave the house in our pajamas.

Can emerging luxury brands compete with the old guard?

Published: January 4, 2017

Dior, Chanel, Gucci, Rolex, Dunhill, Armani, Vuitton – prestigious names that we all recognize in an instant, the time it takes to say “Ritz.” Daslu, Concern Kalina, Ganjam, Shang Xia – these might take a little longer, cause a frown to appear as you search in the back of your mind, or even raise an eyebrow or two. Do you know them?

Report available: Luxury Daily’s State of Luxury 2017: The Insider View

Published: January 4, 2017

Preparing for a year of tumult, Luxury Daily surveyed experienced luxury insiders to gain insights into what marketers can expect in 2017 with geopolitical issues, customer acquisition and retention challenges, media and marketing shifts, and, most important, evolving consumer consumption patterns affecting products and experiential offerings.

US housing prices remain strong despite unpredictability

Published: January 4, 2017

Despite the uncertainty that the future of the housing market beheld, and still does, near to the end of the United States’ presidential election, prices hit the highest mark since 2006 in the third quarter of this year, according to Knight Frank.