Please mark your calendar: Luxury Daily will host its Luxury Roundtable: Midyear Review 2016 conference in New York on Wednesday, May 4. Confirmed speakers include senior executives from Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, XOJet, Redfin and the Luxury Institute, among others.Entire
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With location-based technologies set to grow by double digits this year, a number of top brands are planning to allocate significant portions of their marketing budgets to Wi-Fi and GPS-based strategies, according to a report from the Location Based Marketing Association.Entire
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Luxury Daily's live news from March 14 - Marriott’s Starwood merger challenged by unsolicited acquisition proposal; Fortnum & Mason creates honey fit for a queen; New York Times hires new T Magazine publisher as it grows brand footprint; Cunard ventures globally with expanded destinations, voyages.Entire
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Today in luxury marketing - Chanel employees claim no overtime pay or rest breaks; Sotheby’s and Christie’s adapt to digital age; Tod's says can meet 2016 consensus despite weak same-store sales; Mercedes poised to overtake BMW as luxury leader.Entire
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The Baymard Institute reports that the average abandonment rate is 67.91 percent – which means that for every hundred people who visit a Web site, about 68 of them become frustrated with the online payment system and abandon their purchase.Entire
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