Marketing
March 23, 2017
SERMO's index looks at luxury and lifestyle influencers from around the world
By Danny Parisi
Social media has become the overwhelmingly most popular platform for influencer marketing and has provided huge boosts for luxury brands, according to Sermo’s latest Global Influencer Index.
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