Instagram – an effective but underused platform for many luxury brands. Report.

  Instagram is the biggest single source for conversations around luxury brands, and for some over half of the conversation around their brand is on the platform, according to the 2018 Luxury Brands Report released by NetBase, a leader in social media analytics. Instagram dominance was especially prevalent in the beauty, fashion, and high-end retail … Read more

Watches & Jewelry brands have been hesitant to invest in digital initiatives. Digital IQ Index Report

Digital benchmarking firm L2 released its 9th annual Digital IQ Index: Watches & Jewelry 2018. The L2 report benchmarks the digital performance of 70 Watches & Jewelry brands. The report provides insight into the digital strategies of gray market and reseller sites as well as best practices for brands to enhance their digital investments in … Read more

Luxury home prices in Manhattan sank to the lowest level since April 2014. Report

Luxury Home Prices Dip to 2014 Levels in Manhattan. As the supply of luxury homes in New York City continued to outpace buyer demand, the median price of luxury homes sank to its lowest level since April 2014 in Manhattan and close to its lowest level since May 2016 in Brooklyn, according to the October … Read more

London, New York, and Tokyo were again named as the most magnetic cities. Report

44 major cities ranked according to their magnetism. GPCI 2017 report. London, New York, and Tokyo were again named as the most comprehensively attractive cities in the Global Power City Index (GPCI) 2017 report published by The Mori Memorial Foundation’s Institute for Urban Strategies, a research institute established by Mori Building, a leading urban developer in … Read more

Apple puts brakes on self-driving car project, report says

Company follows Waymo’s lead in pivoting from full ‘Apple car’ to manufacturing tech to automate already existing vehicles

Luxury home price increase driven by a drop in the number of luxury homes on the market. Report

The housing shortage in the U.S. is now affecting the top of the housing market, says Report. Luxury home prices rose 7.5 percent in the second quarter of 2017 compared to last year, to an average of $1.79 million, according to the latest luxury housing market report by real estate brokerage Redfin. Redfin’s analysis tracks … Read more