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Luxury Daily's live news from June 23 - Maria Grazia Chirui likely to be Dior’s first female creative director; Cartier shares its drive for success with GQ’s discerning audience; After 1M renovation hours, Queen Mary 2 ready to take transatlantic voyage; Louis Vuitton asked student hackers to upgrade its already efficient supply chain.

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Marketing cycles continue to get shorter as the number of marketing channels expands. It is no longer enough to show and tell.

LVMH flagship brand Louis Vuitton is celebrating the success of its second hackathon held last weekend in France.

French perfumer Fragrance Du Bois has created ten oil-based perfumes to better achieve scent longevity.

Cruise liner Cunard’s flagship vessel the Queen Mary 2 will soon set sail on her first voyage since undergoing a $132 million refurbishment.

Richemont-owned jeweler Cartier is asking readers of Condé Nast’s GQ magazine, "What drives a man?"

Italian fashion house Valentino’s Maria Grazia Chiuri is expected to head to LVMH-owned Christian Dior early next month as its head designer.

A number of traditionally strong luxury brands have recently posted bleak financial earnings, including Burberry and Ralph Lauren, causing experts to question what might be causing the decline.

British fashion label Burberry is giving consumers a close-up view of artisan skills with a month-long series of bespoke experiences at its global flagship.

Japanese skincare brand SK-II is encouraging female consumers to dream again, regardless of their age or demanding responsibilities.

U.S. electric automaker Tesla Motors is transitioning from an automotive brand to a more expansive sustainable energy brand.

Last year Airbnb disrupted the hospitality industry to the tune of $1 billion, according to an iModerate report.

NEW YORK – An IBM executive at Forrester’s CXNYC 2016 said that the ability to anticipate consumers’ purchasing intent stems from having a 360-degree view of their behavior, which nowadays includes mobile channels, underscoring the need to look at customer engagement as a holistic experience.

Luxury Daily's live news from June 22 - Valentino owner acquires majority stake in Balmain; Michael Kors races into Formula 1 with McLaren-Honda; Jaguar Land Rover brightens Brazilian school to fete factory opening; Hedi Slimane takes Kering to court over non-compete agreement.

Today in luxury marketing - Cadogan Estate shrugs off luxury goods slowdown; Bulgari pledges to continue restoration of Baths of Caracalla; New PAN rule hurts sale of luxury goods; Will guys actually wear Demna Gvasalia's first men's collection for Balenciaga?

As a sales leader, my professional life is filled with quotas, metrics and dashboards. But if I had to pick just one thing that I am optimizing for, it would be engagement. Why?

Beauty ads used to follow a simple formula. Find a well-known and liked celebrity prepared to endorse the product, add a generous fee and a little airbrushing and place the result in a glossy magazine. And why not? It worked.

The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong is spurring bookings from local clientele through an exclusive partnership with Porsche.

Hedi Slimane, the former creative and image director of Yves Saint Laurent, is attempting to extend the non-compete agreement he signed with the label’s parent company Kering four years ago.

As it celebrates the opening of a new plant in Itatiaia, Brazil, British automaker Jaguar Land Rover is giving back to the local children with an artistic project.