British retailers have become media themselves this London Fashion Week by creating their own content around the menswear shows to demonstrate their involvement in the events.
Registration is open for the second annual Luxury FirstLook: Strategy 2014 conference Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 featuring speakers from Peninsula Hotels, Barneys New York, La Prairie, L’Oreal Luxe, Pratesi, American Express Publishing, Richart, Hearst’s Veranda, Martini Media, The Gate Worldwide and former executives from LVMH and Saks Fifth Avenue.
Cartier, Breguet and Richard Mille lead advertisers in the January/February issue of Departures that explores 122 people, places and things worth knowing in 2014 and breaks tradition with a comic strip cover.
French Jeweler Cartier is promoting its “Style and History” exhibit in the Grand Palais in Paris with a mobile ad on the New York Times style section to spur travelers to visit the display if in the city.
While iOS users are typically the most engaged mobile shoppers, building a better Android shopping application will be crucial for retailers going forward as the number of users on the platform continues to explode.
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Mobile as a platform has inherent advantages such as geo-location capabilities that can offer advertisers valuable insight into shopping habits and consumer behavior, data that can be used to fuel future campaigns.