With multiple top-tier brand businesses, lucrative new consumer groups and a rapidly-growing affluent spend rate, Korea is poised to be the next luxury powerhouse in Asia, even overtaking Japan, according to a study by Luxe Brand Advisors.
Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer is leveraging the worldwide appeal of its timepieces by hosting a vacation photography contest that gives consumers the chance to win the brand’s accessories.
Advertisers such as Chanel, Bottega Veneta, Cartier and Burberry kicked off New York magazine’s The Cut Web site relaunch, the digital advertising of which is approximately 40 percent of company ad revenue.
Watchmaker and retailer Tourneau is aiming at affluent tablet users by offering its digital lifestyle publication Tourneau Minutes in an application for the iPad.
Private aviation provider XOJet is up 55 percent year-over-year in on-fleet flight hours during the first half of 2012, attributing its success to service and its business model.
Private travel club Inspirato is repackaging its services for corporate entities that want to offer full membership or one-time guest passes to executives, employees, partners and clients.
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