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Australian skincare company Jurlique has redesigned its Web site and ecommerce store to make it easier for consumers to shop worldwide and provide a sense of community through a consumer review system.

Online retailer Net-a-Porter is driving sales and creating a sense of community through an interactive global map that highlights consumer purchases in real-time.

Experience site Pursuitist.com has officially launched and combines upscale technology, destinations, reviews and information about the luxury industry in one place for the current affluent consumer.

Consumers read their text messages, even texts from advertisers, at a rate that blows away any other advertising vehicle. Story after story confirms it. Mobile marketing works.

Conde Nast’s British society magazine Tatler is partnering print and digital by incorporating an augmented reality jewelry feature to accompany its Web site relaunch and the release of its September issue.

Luxury retail conglomerate PPR announced a 7 percent revenue increase for the first half of 2011 that was mainly driven by emerging Asian markets and Internet shoppers, but luxury spending may soon be easing up.

Jeweler Tiffany & Co. is maintaining the push of its “What Makes Love True” microsite and mobile application by including banner ads.

Multichannel marketing has again proved to be the biggest driver in luxury consumer purchase, outweighing online, direct mail and in-store, according to findings from a recently-released Epsilon study.

The Internet is a crucial touch point for luxury brands as more consumers are shopping online than ever before, but many luxury brands have been slow to adapt.

Today in luxury marketing - Matthew Williamson launches diffusion line; Proenza Schouler bought by Rosen, Howard; Feds shut down 16 counterfeit Web sites; Benefit Cosmetics to open NYC flagship.

There are sensitivities to how location tracking is used on mobile. Do consumers want that level of customization? Is location the most effective use of your budget, or is it the emperor’s new clothes?

Mercedes-Benz is engaging consumers with a new Facebook application that features the German automaker's new C-Class coupe and integrates users' friends into the playing field.

Upscale department store Bergdorf Goodman is targeting night-ready consumers with the opening of its new "evening boutique" at its retail location on Fifth Avenue in New York's Manhattan.

Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer linked itself to mobile with a smartphone customized with branded content and made with the same materials as its timepieces.

Luxury brands such as Harrods and Waterford Wedgwood Royal Doulton have already begun their holiday campaigns, but the possibility of a double-dip recession should make brands think twice about their holiday plans.

Gilt City is rewarding its members with a handful of curated events at the flash-sale site’s first month-long, pop-up-concept event space in Long Island’s East Hampton, a popular weekend destination for New York's wealthy inhabitants.

Today in luxury marketing - Chanel appoints Gigi Burris new head of millinery; Dior adding new eye cream; Theory’s Andrew Rosen to buy a big chunk of Proenza Schouler.

Compared to other markets, mobile only truly became huge in the U.S. three or four years ago. But the U.S. does not have large numbers of people with deep mobile understanding.

Luxury companies such as Hermes, Jones Group, high-end German automakers and LVMH have posted considerable revenue in the first half of 2011, but experts are unsure whether or not debt-ceiling politics in Washington will undo this progress.