Luxury Brands Move into Chinese E-Commerce Space Salvatore Ferragamo is the latest luxury brand to move into Chinese E-Commerce following moves by other retailers such as Net-A-Porter, Yoox, Zara, Armani, and Coach. Luxury house’s sales in China grew 36% first quarter of 2012.In 2011, online retail generated about $121 billion in sales. Ferragamo‘s online retail … Read more
Specialty Retail 2012: Mobile and Amazon are reshaping retail. M-commerce is the fastest growing channel in the history of commerce Digital IQ Index: Specialty Retail 2012: E-commerce is now M-commerce L2, a think tank for digital innovation, released its third annual Digital IQ Index: Specialty Retail. The report benchmarks the digital competence of 76 global … Read more
“Modernist Cuisine” authors launch free online cooking school Modernist Cuisine encyclopedia will have an online version in form of a free online cooking school.Called ChefSteps, the educational platfom is the idea of a group of alumni from Modernist Cuisine. The future students will master techniques of traditional and modernist cooking through practical, hands-on demonstrations with … Read more
Montegrappa St Andrews 2012 Collection Montegrappa, the oldest Italian manufacturer of fine writing instruments, celebrates St Andrews Links, the greatest landmark in golf, with a limited edition collection. St Andrews Links in the town of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, is regarded as the “home of golf”. It is one of the oldest courses in the … Read more
ZADIG & VOLTAIRE will open its debut hotel in 2014 The Parisian Hotel Won’t take reservations from ‘Chinese Tourists’ Zadig & Voltaire‘s stage used for the debut catwalk presentation at Paris Fashion Week will became a designer hotel with a rock ‘n’ roll chic. The private mansion on the Parisian Left Bank will house the brand’s first … Read more
Eric Clapton, a renowned watch collector and a Patek Philippe fan, is selling a very rare Patek Philippe (reference 2499/100P) Perpetual Calendar Chronograph. The highly important platinum perpetual calendar chronograph reference 2499/100 from the collection of Eric Clapton is expected to fetch over $4 million at Christie’s Geneva Auction on November 12 at the Four … Read more