A blueprint for luxury brands to go mobile
With the economy on the mend – gullible enough to believe the data – it’s time for luxury brands to get out of hibernation and seriously launch mobile marketing and commerce efforts.
With the economy on the mend – gullible enough to believe the data – it’s time for luxury brands to get out of hibernation and seriously launch mobile marketing and commerce efforts.
With the recent acquisition of luxury footwear company Kurt Geiger by Jones Group following the sale of Jimmy Choo to Labelux last month, the two massive conglomerates are being presented with new opportunities that rival fashion empires LVMH and PPR.
Luxury conglomerate LVMH Moet Hennessey Louis Vuitton is stuck in the craw of family-owned scarf and leather-goods maker Hermes. Crying foul is not working – not with that famed collector of luxury houses, Bernard Arnault.
Luxury retailers and conglomerates LVMH, Saks Fifth Avenue, Hermes and PPR displayed phenomenal earnings for the first quarter of 2011, indicating that this could be the industry’s comeback year.
Depending on the type of luxury brand, Facebook can be used to tailor a company’s marketing strategy to better engage with consumers, sell products, drive online and in-store traffic or educate them about the brand.
British department store Harrods is breaking into mobile marketing with its first application that serves as a map and information center of the famed Knightsbridge store.
The chief expectation for attendees at the Luxury Interactive Conference: Integrating Your Marketing and Branding Strategies Globally May 24-25 are case studies of luxury brands whose examples will help the industry to more effectively navigate in the future.
Swiss watchmaker IWC Schaffhausen is flaunting exclusive images and content of its Portofino timepiece collection available only in May issues of Modern Luxury publications, shot by renowned fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh.