Welcome back to What The Luxe, a newsletter packed with
insights & intelligence for luxury, beauty & lifestyle marketers
—written by me, David Klingbeil
Dear all,
What The Luxe has been on pause for more than a month but ... we're back!
Please stay tuned as we get back to our regular cadence: more insights, more news, more inspiration...
Let me know what you'd like to see in the upcoming issues!
I hope this newsletter will inspire you, surprise you and make you think… What the Luxe?!
Cheers,
David Klingbeil (let's connect on Linkedin)
PS: feel free to hit reply to leave a comment, I read and answer every message
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💡 Products & Trends
- Nike is teaming up with Tiffany & Co. on a $400 shoe - Sneakerheads aren't impressed.
- Louis Vuitton launches baby collection
- How Luxury Brands Are Reviving Chinese Artisanal Traditions
- Top 50 Luxury Trends in February - From Avant-Garde Fall Menswear to Crystal-Adorned Crushed Cans
- Natural Skincare Is in Demand for 2023 with Organic Ingredients
🛍️ Experience & Retail
- Net-a-Porter introduces repair service with The Seam
- Ebay invests in luxury resale platform Cudoni
- How Cartier’s New Vintage Program Restores (and Resells) Coveted Watches and Jewelry
- Alibaba’s Tmall Luxury Pavilion transforms the way brands engage consumers
- Beauty tech gradually expands in the male grooming market
⛓️ Web3 & The Metaverse
- What Luxury Can Learn From Porsche’s NFT Flop
- NYX Professional Makeup launches NFTs to access 'Gorjs'
- Emperia raises 10 million dollars to back virtual retail solutions
- Fashion NFTs Total $245 Million In Sales. Can Brands Harness Success In 2023?
- Prada releases ninth edition of Timecapsule NFT
🌲 Sustainability & Purpose
- Stella McCartney demonstrates how to market sustainable skin care
- Ralph Lauren introduces cashmere recycling programme
- Fashion Activism: is fashion becoming politicised?
💼 Business & Finance
- LVMH, L'Oréal, Shiseido said to be vying to buy stake in Aesop
- Bernard Arnault delivers the good and the bad
- Tod’s sales to surpass 1 billion euros in 2022
📺 Marketing and Advertising
- From Amazon to tech startups, e-commerce takes on the TikTok-style feed
- Prada tops Lyst Index for the first time – hottest brand in the world!
- Karl Lagerfeld celebrates 100 years of Disney
✌🏼 Misc
- The Best Secondhand Luxury Handbags to Invest in This Year
- Doja Cat Covered Herself in 30,000 Swarovski Crystals for Schiaparelli's Haute Couture Show
- Instagram Co-Founders Launch AI-Curated News App, Artifact
Long form content (>1min)
Maison Margiela - Maison Margiela Co-Ed Collection 2023 ( 3m16 )
Armani - Giorgio Armani - Icon Collection ( 1m15 )
Hennessy - “I'm always trying to find humans that speak with sincerity” ( 1m03 )
Short form content (<1min)
Guerlain - Guerlain x Maison Matisse: The Exceptional Piece | GUERLAIN ( 15s )
Jaeger-LeCoultre - ‘Passengers: Through Time’, an original artwork by Guillaume Marmin | Jaeger-LeCoultre ( 33s )
CHANEL - The Film of the CHANEL Spring-Summer 2023 Pre-Collection Campaign — CHANEL ( 53s )
Cartier - Cartier: Love is Red ( 15s )
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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