PARIS EBay loses to French luxury brands Online auction site eBay Inc. was fined $2.5 million by a Paris court Monday for failing to stop the sale of famous perfume brands like Christian Dior, Guerlain, Givenchy and Kenzo — all of which are owned by luxury group LVMH.
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Business briefs: EBay loses to French luxury brands (The Monterey County Herald)
Many luxury brands still treat the Internet with caution, worrying an online presence will dilute a sense of exclusivity. Are they missing out?
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Online Luxury Retail Remains Elusive (BusinessWeek)
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – November 12, 2009) – The objective and independent New York City-based Luxury Institute ( www.LuxuryInstitute.com ) reported today results of the top luxury brands in Europe based on the “2009 Best of the Best European Luxury Brand Status Index” (LBSI) survey.
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Luxury Institute Survey: European High Net-Worth Consumers Rank "Best of the Best" Luxury Brands in Seven Categories (Marketwire)
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – 11/12/09) – The objective and independent New York City-based Luxury Institute ( www.LuxuryInstitute.com ) reported today results of the top luxury brands in Europe based on the “2009 Best of the Best European Luxury Brand Status Index” (LBSI) survey.
Until approximately now the received wisdom was that social media doesn’t work for luxury brands but that’s changed writes Tim Malbon.
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It’s clicked: luxury works on the web (Daily Telegraph)
The Comite Colbert, a French association of 70 luxury brands, has joined hands with www.sina.com to launch www.ccolbert.cn, a website aimed at introducing the world of French luxury and culture to Chinese visitors.
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Boost for French luxury (China Daily)
DUBAI — For generations, even centuries, luxury brands from France, Italy and Switzerland have served as a global benchmark for excellence in workmanship and design.
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Business : India, China Seen as Fertile Ground for Own Luxury Brands (Khaleej Times)
With spending on luxury goods down across the developed world, luxury brands are looking to new markets.
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Luxury brands hunt for new markets (BigPond News)
With spending on luxury goods down across the developed world, luxury brands are looking to new markets.
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Luxury brands hunt for untapped markets (BigPond News)
Established luxury brands have another upstart adversary to look out for: Kia .
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Kia sets sights on luxury market (Wheels.ca)