Differentiation, loyalty hinge on customer experience: Boston Retail Partners
Consumers’ growing expectations of a seamless, channel-agnostic shopping experience are causing retailers to adapt their technology strategies.
Click here to read the entire article on Luxury Daily

Registration closing soon: Luxury FirstLook 2017: Time for Luxury 2.0
Register now for the nation’s premier conference focused on how the luxury business will rapidly evolve in 2017, calling for a reset to Luxury 2.0. Speaker list, agenda and registration link in article.
Click here to read the entire article on Luxury Daily

Dolce & Gabbana ramps up handbag’s appeal via crowdsourced opinion
Italian fashion label Dolce & Gabbana is putting the marketing of its Lucia handbag in consumers’ hands.
Click here to read the entire article on Luxury Daily

Mr Porter surfs in GoPro sales with creative documentary
Online retailer Mr Porter is ushering in the addition of action video camera brand GoPro to its digital shelves with an online documentary that shows off the product’s ability.
Click here to read the entire article on Luxury Daily

Chaumet proves Paris is for lovers with travel app for two
French jeweler Chaumet is leveraging its local knowledge in a Parisian travel guide featuring excursions curated with couples in mind.
Click here to read the entire article on Luxury Daily

DVF’s creative transition paired with retooled logo, Web site
U.S. fashion label Diane von Furstenberg is ushering in its new creative direction with a new logo and updated Web site.
Click here to read the entire article on Luxury Daily

Lexus hints at foray into other sectors with yacht concept
Japanese automaker Lexus is diving into the boating sector with a new sporting yacht concept, alluding to a future in new lifestyle markets.
Click here to read the entire article on Luxury Daily

Luxury Daily will not publish on Monday, Jan. 16
Luxury Daily will not publish on Monday, Jan. 16, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We will resume publication on Tuesday, Jan. 17.
Click here to read the entire article on Luxury Daily

Report available: Luxury Daily’s State of Luxury 2017: The Insider View
Preparing for a year of tumult, Luxury Daily surveyed experienced luxury insiders to gain insights into what marketers can expect in 2017 with geopolitical issues, customer acquisition and retention challenges, media and marketing shifts, and, most important, evolving consumer consumption patterns affecting products and experiential offerings.
Click here to read the entire article on Luxury Daily

Balmain, Versace, Richemont and Conde? Nast – Live news
Luxury Daily’s live news from Jan. 12 – Balmain embraces mini-me trend for children’s wear-exclusive at Harrods; Versace ups Hong Kong retail footprint despite market woes; Jewelry demand boosts Richemont sales for Q3; Nicholas Coleridge to scale back roles at Conde? Nast International.
Click here to read the entire article on Luxury Daily

Pre-fall, Valentino, Karl Lagerfeld and counterfeit watches – News briefs
Today in luxury marketing – Making sense of pre-fall: What retailers say; Expect experimental evolution, not revolution, at Valentino; Karl Lagerfeld on why fashion rivals who don’t draw their own designs are “fake intellectuals”; $2.6M worth of fake luxury watches seized in Puerto Rico.
Click here to read the entire article on Luxury Daily

Mobile loyalty programs are the new modern currency
With loyalty programs going digital and, in some cases, being the driving factor behind the retailer’s move to adopt and understand the power of mobile wallets, it is time that the industry rethinks the wallet.
Click here to read the entire article on Luxury Daily