Wearable device innovation from Intel, Opening Ceremony, Barneys, and CFDA

  At this year CES 2014, Intel Corporation CEO Brian Krzanich announced collaborations with luxury retailer Barneys New York, the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Opening Ceremony concept store to explore new smart wearable technologies, and to increase dialogue and cooperation between the fashion and technology industries. He also kicked-off the Intel ‘Make … Read more

Rare pieces of history in the world’s most expensive Christmas pudding

£23,500 for the world’s most expensive Christmas pudding.   British luxury retailer that created around-the-world tours of all the three Michelin-starred restaurants in the world presented the world’s most precious Christmas pudding. Created by famed pastry chef Martin Chiffers, the real precious factor comes from two particularly rare pieces of history: a bottle of Duret 1810 … Read more

Burberry Beauty Box opens in London. It’s digital all the way

Burberry Unveils Digital Beauty Box Concept with Digital Runway Nail Bar. British luxury brand Burberry is joining Dior and Chanel in London’s Covent Garden by unveiling its first digital Beauty Box Concept, a beauty space for “personalised physical and digital experiences.” Burberry’s debut cosmetics store is packed with all the house’s beauty lines, make up, … Read more

LVMH launching training program for Chinese-Americans

LVMH to Launch LVMH Fundamentals in Luxury Retail: A CPC/Parsons Collaboration LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton luxury giant launched an innovative retail education and training program for Chinese-Americans in partnership with the Chinese-American Planning Council and Parsons The New School for Design. LVMH Fundamentals in Luxury Retail: A CPC/Parsons Collaboration is an education program designed … Read more

What’s your Yeti name?

    On November 25, Luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue will carry the iconic Christmas windows tradition forward with the debut of its Snowflake Spectacular, a dramatic light show projected onto the façade of the building. . Everyone—from resident New Yorkers to tourists—will be dazzled by this year’s display, says Saks Fifth Avenue. Saks Fifth … Read more

Overseas shoppers: who spends what in the UK

Simplification of visitor paperwork could boost UK revenues generated by Chinese shoppers by an estimated £1.2bn – but who spends the most?