Luxury Daily, April 25, 2016 – Museum exhibitions must enhance rather than showcase fashion

April 25, 2016

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Museum exhibitions must enhance rather than showcase fashion
Announcing Luxury Daily’s Mobile Insights Summit 2016 New York June 23
Luxury beauty concept goes beyond product for Asian consumers
Van Cleef & Arpels explores origins of gems, jewelry design in Singapore
Despite phasing out in the West, hats remain popular in Asia
Industrial development, not trends, integral to rise of South Korea
Shoppers browse and purchase from same device, increasingly a smartphone: report
Top 5 brand moments from last week
Hyères Festival, Coldwell Banker, Mandarin Oriental and Mercedes – Live news
Chanel, Hedi Slimane, Hugo Boss and Lexus – News briefs
3 ways to reinvent the phone number
Quantifying effective mobile user experiences

Events/Causes Museum exhibitions must enhance rather than showcase fashion
By Forrest Cardamenis
	SEOUL, South Korea – The equation of fashion and art is a red herring, according to a professor of fashion and museology. Entire article

Mobile Announcing Luxury Daily’s Mobile Insights Summit 2016 New York June 23
By Mickey Alam Khan
	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. Entire article

Out of home Luxury beauty concept goes beyond product for Asian consumers
By Jen King
	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. Entire article

Events/Causes Van Cleef & Arpels explores origins of gems, jewelry design in Singapore
By Staff reports
	Jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels is exploring gemology and the craft that goes into its pieces through an exhibition at the ArtScience Museum in Singapore. Entire article

Commerce Despite phasing out in the West, hats remain popular in Asia
By Forrest Cardamenis
	SEOUL, South Korea – While hats are no longer staples of fashion in the West, they endure in the East. Entire article

Commerce Industrial development, not trends, integral to rise of South Korea
By Forrest Cardamenis
	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. Entire article

Research Shoppers browse and purchase from same device, increasingly a smartphone: report
By Chantal Tode
	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. Entire article

Blog Top 5 brand moments from last week
By Staff reports
	Marketers and designers are continuing to take inspiration from the arts. Entire article

News briefs Hyères Festival, Coldwell Banker, Mandarin Oriental and Mercedes – Live news
By Staff reports
	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. Entire article

News briefs Chanel, Hedi Slimane, Hugo Boss and Lexus – News briefs
By Staff reports
	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. Entire article

Columns 3 ways to reinvent the phone number
By a Luxury Daily columnist
	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. Entire article

Columns Quantifying effective mobile user experiences
By a Luxury Daily columnist
	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. Entire article

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