Reviewing SMS and MMS retail holiday marketing

Published: January 25, 2016

Retailers made great strides, baby steps and big gaffs in the march toward SMS marketing excellence this past holiday season. Here is a recap of ideas to emulate or avoid.

Luxury in India: Top 10 trends for 2016

Published: January 22, 2016

The Indian luxury landscape is experiencing strong evolutionary undercurrents that are redefining the consumer profile and how luxury players will need to operate in this domain during 2016.

Evolving luxury climate creates opportunities, anxiety: BCG

Published: January 21, 2016

NEW YORK – Luxury will continue to be a growth category for the next decade, but the driving forces behind that growth are evolving, according to a partner at BCG at Luxury FirstLook: Strategy 2016 on Jan. 20.

All consumers treat themselves to luxury goods

Published: January 21, 2016

NEW YORK – There is often a disconnect between the consumer’s view of luxury and the brands’ and agencies’ perspectives on the individual’s thoughts, according to the founder of The Shullman Research Center at Luxury FirstLook: Strategy 2016 Jan. 20.

9 tips for designing smart watch apps

Published: January 21, 2016

Smart watches offer a promising new customer touch point for retailers and financial services companies, but any successful effort to use them in your business will depend strongly on having a laser focus on the simplicity and utility of your application’s design.

Luxury brands ramp up digital efforts, show varied priorities: report

Published: January 20, 2016

The digital landscape is becoming more competitive for luxury brands, as the industry saw an average 9 percent improvement in online performance from the first to second half of 2015, according to a new report from ContactLab and Exane BNP Paribas.