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Hermès drives interest via monthly Petit h mystery boxes

Items created for Petit h French leather goods brand Hermès is increasing exposure for its whimsical Petit h line through surprise gifts, available on a monthly basis. The email included a subject line reading, “Lucky you, a lucky dip!” and within the body a rotating image shows Hermès’ signature orange boxes surrounding by question marks. In the beauty space monthly surprise boxes, often consisting of samples, have become very popular and

Luxury celebrates Venice Biennale with art installations, sponsorships

The Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition opened May 9 The 56th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition in Italy celebrated its opening weekend May 9, and many luxury brands used the opportunity to connect with the affluent consumers who frequent the event. Brands including Marni, Missoni and Jaeger-LeCoultre participated by hosting their own exhibitions and sponsoring artists whose work was on display. Luxury and the arts are closely connected, and it

Breaking Bad TV show and GTA 5 game inspire malware author

A new piece of crypto ransomware with a twist has emerged in Australia, one whose author seems to have been inspired by the popular TV show Breaking Bad. Trojan.Cryptolocker.S was identified by security firm Symantec and shares quite a few things in common with the award winning series. For starters, the author(s) used the Los Pollos Hermanos branding image (and logo) that is featured extensively in the show. Part of

Updated: Google's new Nexus might come with a smaller sibling

Update: Rumours of a second Nexus phone have also leaked out suggesting a smaller 5.2-inch handset made by LG will be revealed at a similar time to the larger handset. The news comes from Android Police’s Artem Russakovskii, who has a good history of getting this kind of thing right, but he does note things change along the way. Original story: Google’s Nexus phone launches have never really followed the