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Ralph Lauren has a broad product selection online Luxury brands are generally expanding their offerings online, with between 5 and 6 percent more high-end items available via ecommerce in the spring/summer 2015 season than the fall fashion season, according to a new report by ContactLab and BNP Paribas. Ralph Lauren, Armani and Hermès boast the most products online, while Bulgari, Ferragamo and Prada showed the steepest growth of the sample as
Video still from Dior Makeup’s Cosmopolite campaign French fashion house Christian Dior is capturing the idea of a “cosmopolite” woman through a branded beauty collection of the same name. The Cosmopolite cosmetic collection is the first created by Dior Makeup’s creative and image director Peter Philips, who joined the house in March 2014. To celebrate the first range created by Mr. Philips after becoming fully acquainted with the house over
The lush, rain-soaked region of northwest Spain known as Galicia has been famous for centuries as the final stop for Christian pilgrims hiking the Camino de Santiago, a 500-mile route starting in the Pyrenees and ending at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, where the remains of St. James are buried. Over the last two decades, however, different kinds of pilgrims make the journey here: wine lovers hunting for heady surprises
Introduction and key features The world has proclaimed the Samsung Galaxy S6 to be a stylish leap forward for the range following the somewhat drab Samsung Galaxy S5. But now that the initial bloom of gadget lust has passed, is Samsung’s latest flagship actually a better phone? Samsung found itself in an unusual position following the launch of the Galaxy S5 in April 2014. For the first time in five
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s plans to focus spending on its two messaging services, Instagram and its virtual reality headset business was cheered by Wall Street analysts, who said the efforts would boost long-term growth. Of the 50 brokerages covering the stock, at least 20 raised their price targets. Piper Jaffray was the most bullish with a $146 target – 50 percent over Facebook’s Wednesday close of $96.99.
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, which faced a trial on patent infringement in a lawsuit brought by patent holder Smartflash LLC, can halt the proceedings while the Smartflash patents are scrutinized for their validity by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit also declined to stay the Smartflash case against Apple. The iPhone maker lost a
T-Mobile US Inc reported a better-than-expected 14 percent jump in quarterly revenue as aggressive pricing helped it win more customers. T-Mobile said it now expected to add 3.4 million to 3.9 million postpaid users in 2015, up from 3.0 million to 3.5 million. As EBITDA margins climb, that flows through to earnings,” Macquarie Research analyst Kevin Smithen said.
Facebook Inc reported quarterly revenue that beat forecasts but its profit fell 9 percent as the social media company sharply increased spending to boost mobile revenue and future growth. “We’re investing in the next set of services and what will be future investments like Messenger, WhatsApp and Oculus,” Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said in an interview on Wednesday after the earnings report. Messenger has more than 700 million users,
In cities such as San Francisco and New York, letter carriers have been showing up on people’s doorsteps as early as 3 a.m. bearing unusual cargo: milk, eggs, and other perishable items.
Investors misunderstood comments from Facebook CFO David Wehner about slower revenue growth in the rest of 2015, Gene Munster said.
