At one point taking a backseat to the much-more-hyped women's apparel, luxury menswear is now the most quickly-rising and lucrative segment of the industry, causing female-centric designers to pay more attention to the other half of the population.
In what the company calls "one of the most comprehensive social media programs created for a luxury hotel brand," The Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is using Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and foursquare to market the launch of a global spa initiative.
German automaker BMW is centering its end-of-year marketing around its i8 and 6-Series starring roles in the upcoming Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol movie due out in December.
Audi of America is continuing its Audi Urban Future Initiative program by partnering with Columbia University to identify new paradigms of motion, mobility and design in its Experiments in Motion initiative launched last week.
The Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills last week completed the installation of 285 iPads in its guest rooms and suites, which are already proving popular with the hotel's trendy guests.
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