59 Percent of Top Brands Now Use Instagram, Reaching 90 Million Active Users The world’s top brands continue to grow their presence on photo-sharing site Instagram, adding 1.6 million followers in the past three months and increasing engagement by 35 percent, according to Simply Measured’s Instagram study that evaluates brands and verticals in the Interbrand … Read more
The 4th annual Fashion 2.0 Awards, the awards celebrating online innovation by fashion brands, announced its 2013 nominees and the opening of the online voting. Fans can nominate and vote for their favorite brands. This year award categories include: Best Twitter | Best Facebook | Best Pinterest | Best Blog by a Fashion Brand | … Read more
Dior opens first boutique in Australia Following in the footsteps of Louis Vuitton, Prada, Chanel, Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Canali, Miu Miu, and Bottega Veneta, French luxury fashion house Christian Dior opened its first boutique in Australia. Designed in the style of a grand Parisian apartment, Dior’s first Australasian flagship boutique set up in Sydney replicates … Read more
The new Maecenas of our days are big fashion houses. After Salvatore Ferragamo, Tod’s, Diesel, and Gucci, now comes the news that Rome’s nearly 300-year-old Trevi Fountain gets $2.9 Million facelift with the help of Italian fashion house Fendi, which was founded in Rome in the 1920s and is now part of LVMH French … Read more
The PPR Group and Christopher Kane enter into a partnership The Scottish young designer, Christopher Kane has seen French luxury group PPR (owner of Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, Saint Laurent and Italian brand Gucci) invest in his label. PPR acquires 51% of the luxury designer brand. PPR will enable the Christopher Kane brand to … Read more
Most attractive brands, fashion consumption and design adoption in 20 Cities in China: Trends Media Group China’s largest fashion and lifestyle publisher Trends Media Group has released its new reports on fashion consumption and industry developments based on an annual survey in 20 Chinese cities. The survey unveils the top 10 most attractive brands and … Read more