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What The Luxe is a newsletter packed with insights & intelligence for luxury, beauty & lifestyle marketers —written by me, David Klingbeil
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💡 Products & Trends
- Prada Replaces Gucci as the World’s Hottest Fashion Brand in New Rankings
- Kering Group creates in-house beauty unit
- Jimmy Choo unveils major collaboration with Sailor Moon
- BMW is working on a new fragrance delivery system to dispense a pleasant smell as you near the car
- Altagamma Digital Award winner announced!
🛍️ Experience & Retail
- Gucci to open massive store in Paris
- Paco Rabanne, Couturier of the Space Age, Dies at 88
- Kate Spade New York launches resale programme with ThredUp
⛓️ Web3 & The Metaverse
- Hermès Wins Trademark Lawsuit Against Furry ‘MetaBirkins’ NFTs
- Hublot and Takashi Murakami Join Forces on a Capsule of Watches and NFTs
- Saudis get together with The Sandbox for Metaverse development
🌲 Sustainability & Purpose
- Firmenich updates their fragrance sustainability measuring tool
- Chanel commits to the circular economy with Atelier des Matières
- Balenciaga Partners With the National Children’s Alliance
💼 Business & Finance
- Swatch Group is raising prices across most of its brands
- LVMH announces record results in 2022 despite China
- Canada Goose eyes $3 billion in annual revenue by 2028
📺 Marketing and Advertising
- Burberry unveils refreshed brand image under Daniel Lee
- Snoop Dogg Slips Into Skechers’ Super Bowl Campaign
- To keep Gen Z engaged, brands are leaning on UGC and refreshed video ads
✌🏼 Misc
- Tom Brady Rocked a Rare IWC Portuguese Tourbillon to the Premiere of ‘80 for Brady’
- Bugatti has launched an exclusive collection of sunglasses
- Klarna recruits Paris Hilton for latest campaign
Long form content (>1min)
IWC Watches - #ThankYouTom for being the Reference. ( 1m41 )
Maison Margiela - Maison Margiela | Clothes-in-Movement ( 5m21 )
Ruinart - DOM RUINART 2010 | Ep. 1 The Roots of Creation ( 4m41 )
Short form content (<1min)
HUBLOT - HUBLOT - CLASSIC FUSION TAKASHI MURAKAMI BLACK CERAMIC RAINBOW ( 31s )
Girard-Perregaux - Bevelling: unlock all the steps behind the 55 hand-polished inner angles of the GP01800 caliber ( 50s )
Michael Kors - Michael Kors Gorgeous | Spring 2023 ( 29s )
Pomellato - POMELLATO TOGETHER ( 19s )
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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