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Hublot courts Arab consumers with new brand ambassador

Hublot’s latest brand ambassador Ragheb Alama Swiss watchmaker Hublot is expanding its presence in the Middle East with a new brand representative that will appeal to Arab consumers. At a special event in Beirut on June 5 Hublot announced that Lebanese singer Ragheb Alama will be its latest brand ambassador, continuing the brand’s efforts in the Middle East. Selecting representatives from different regions around the world ensures that Hublot will

Versace CEO: Internet investment more important than Chinese market sales

Karlie Kloss models for Versace’s new campaign; Versace has attracted millennials with its social media marketing MONTE-CARLO, Monaco – As China’s contribution to luxury growth is flattening, the luxury industry should be looking online to reap more development opportunities, according to panelists at the Financial Times’ Business of Luxury Summit June 9. In “Is the Internet the New China?” session, the consensus was that the Internet will drastically change the

Review: Updated: Microsoft Lumia 435

Introduction and design The Microsoft Lumia 435 is an odd little phone. Immediately recognisable as a Lumia, given its bold colours and polycarbonate body, yet boasting sharper lines, a more boxy design and a Microsoft logo, this is a different breed of Windows Phone. As the first 400-class device in the Lumia family, the Lumia 435 is designed to appeal to a different audience from its older siblings. It’s for

This could be the big OLED breakthrough we've been waiting for

Hands up all those with an OLED TV in their homes? Despite the fact LG’s latest UHD OLEDs are genuinely stunning from an image quality point of view, at £6,000 we’d argue very few of us are likely to get our eyes on one in our own homes. But a joint venture by Fujifilm and nano-electronics research institute, imec, might well have turned up a more cost-effective method of producing