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Apparel designer Oscar de la Renta is using Facebook to sell exclusive products available only to fans of the brand on the social network site.

Incentive to visit friends and families is the main motivation that boosted holiday travel 6 percent this year, according to findings from a study by American Express Publishing’s Travel + Leisure magazine.

Seeking to avoid postal Armageddon, a bill has been conceived to help marketers to stay on schedule with their direct mail efforts. However, should this or a similar bill not get passed, the ramifications could be dire for luxury marketers that depend on mail and catalogs.

Department store chain Bloomingdale’s has launched a new, easy-to-shop mobile site just in time for the holiday season rush.

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo recently held a press conference at the company’s headquarters. The event marked the first time that Twitter disclosed the actual number of its active users.

With Russian consumers spending 9.8 hours per month on social networking sites, digital is the best way for luxury brands to enter the new market. Unfortunately, Facebook is not the only reigning platform in the country.

Swiss watchmaker Baume & Mercier is starting a new chapter that emphasizes the brand’s history and the celebratory nature of buying a luxury timepiece.

Jewelry designer David Yurman decided it was time to create a new optimized site after the New York-based Luxury Institute revealed that more than 20 percent of consumers with at least $5 million in net-worth were shopping through mobile devices.

Brand marketers and retailers compete for mind share. They woo their shoppers by price and brand affinity. These retailers segment shoppers into groups that have profiles, patterns and names.

French fashion label Louis Vuitton revamped its Web site to better emphasize aspects such as customer service, ecommerce and the branded lifestyle, but perhaps it should have left alone what was a working site instead of sacrificing functionality for beauty.

Moschino, which launched its first mobile site this past summer, has stepped up its game by creating a mobile boutique that allows a full range of mobile devices to access the branded site.

Italian linens brand Frette is emphasizing its heritage and driving multichannel sales with its Fall/Winter 2011-12 catalogs that include Web and in-store calls-to-action.

French fashion label Jean Paul Gaultier is looking to draw attention to itself by being the first brand to display a fashion exhibit in the Dallas Museum of Art.

London-based publication Luxury Briefing announced the launch of a quarterly magazine supplement called Luxury Connections during its Wealth Summit last week in London.

Mobile devices are changing the way consumers interact with online retailers. But mobile behavior is proving to be an irresistible target for cyber-criminals.

NEW YORK – The consumer is the center of a company’s business and an “omni-channel presence” must be implemented to ensure that the customer experience is at its peak, according to the top Neiman Marcus Group executive.

LONDON – More than half of the world’s affluent consumers feel a responsibility to give to those who are less fortunate, according to a presentation at the Luxury Briefing Wealth Summit.