Welcome back to What The Luxe, a newsletter packed with insights & intelligence for luxury, beauty & lifestyle marketers —written by me, David Klingbeil
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💡 Products & Trends
- Hublot has made a $24,000 watch from recycled Nespresso capsules and coffee grounds
- Black is the most popular nail polish shade globally, finds new report
- Jimmy Choo: a fashion legend on the importance of passion, humility, and teamwork
🛍️ Experience & Retail
- Is fashion retail out-of-office?
- DVF launches ‘ReWrap’ resale programme
- LOUIS XIII and The Webster Celebrate Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix
⛓️ Disruption (AI, VR, Web3 & The Metaverse)
- Google tests AI for fashion shopping
- The natural diamond industry is leveraging AI grading to compete
- AI, more important than ever for the future of retail
- Are AI-Generated Models Really Going to Replace Human Ones?
- Elizabeth Arden Launches First-Ever Virtual Store Experience
- Clarks steps back into the metaverse
- Ulta Beauty and Lush among first to join Metaverse Beauty Week
- Zara returns to the metaverse with Zepeto
- Urban Decay Celebrates Metaverse Launch with Makeup Party
🌲 Sustainability & Purpose
- Gucci & Burberry Are the Best Luxe Labels at Extending the Life of Their Clothes
- Is fashion retail still racist?
- Crocs pushes back net-zero target by 10 years
💼 Business & Finance
- LVMH, Hermès Sales Soar Due To Chinese Spending
- Tom Ford on life after fashion
- Brands are hiking prices to target the recession-proof luxury consumer
📺 Marketing and Advertising
- The Art of Brand Storytelling: Greatness Versus Mediocrity
- Timothée Chalamet Is the New Face of Bleu De Chanel Fragrance
- How fashion and beauty brands are keeping their top customers
✌🏼 Misc
- This $60 Million French Chateau-Style Estate in Dallas Is Now the Most Expensive Home in Texas
- Balenciaga creates its first 'habit vert'
- Nailtopia Partners with Disney 100 for Disney Princess Collection
Long form content (>1min)
Christian Dior - MOTHER'S DAY BY DIOR ( 1m )
LVMH - THE WORLD OF LVMH ( 1m44 )
IWC Watches - IWC Explained: The Portugieser Chrono ( 2m51 )
Vacheron Constantin - Vacheron Constantin - One Of Not Many ( 1m35 )
Short form content (<1min)
Guerlain - The Exceptional Piece: Bouquet de la Mariée Murano Edition | GUERLAIN ( 15s )
ROLEX - Waterproofness by Rolex – Seal the deal ( 20s )
Cartier - Cartier ABCs of Creativity: B ( 45s )
Moët & Chandon Official - Moët & Chandon and NBA Collection by Just Don - :30s ( 30s )
On top of the regular What The Luxe, I share deep-dives on hot topics in the luxury industry with the Premium subscribers.
Check the full list of Special Reports.
Here are the latest special reports:
- 01 - Luxury & Purpose
- 02 - Luxury & Holidays / Gifting
- 03 - Luxury & Craftsmanship
- 04 - Luxury Private Labels
- 05 - What is luxury?
- 06 - Luxury & Data
- 07 - Luxury & Augmented Reality (AR)
- 08 - 8 Luxury Trends for 2021
- 09 - The State of Luxury Videos
- 10 - Luxury & Podcasts
- 11 - Luxury, Crypto & Blockchain
- 12 - Luxury & Live video
- 13 - Learnings from 100 luxury pandemic campaigns
- 14 - Data & insights guide (part 1)
- 15 - Data & insights guide (part 2)
- 16 - Data & insights guide (part 3)
- 17 - Luxury & Nostalgia
- 18 - Luxury & The Web3
- 19 - Luxury & Storytelling (Long Form Videos)
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