-Overview: Buick’s flagship sedan, the LaCrosse, prioritizes comfort and ease of use, making it popular both for Americans planning long interstate excursions and Chinese executives aiming to relax behind their chauffeurs. It has been a strong seller since it was last completely redesigned for 2010 and offers either front- or all-wheel drive with the standard 3.6-liter V-6; it’s also available as a front-drive-only, fuel-miser edition with a mild-hybrid setup built
-What would you do with $150 million? For Hollywood directors, this theoretical is a day job. Movie studios hand them mountains of cash to turn cockamamie ideas into decade-long franchises. The requirement: dream big. Which is why we see so many cars driven off steep mountainsides. Really, who else has the expendable cash and car fleet to waste on an extreme stunt. The movies bring childish fantasies to life. Watching
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– The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has cleared the final legal hurdle to its imposition of Nissan’s NV200 as the city’s predominant yellow cab, ending a journey that began in 2011, when Nissan won the $1 billion contract to supply the vehicles. – A group of taxi owners had challenged the Commission’s authority to mandate the NV200 for use as a NYC taxi. Currently, 47 different models
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Watch out Four leading ad agencies and consultancies react to the Apple Watch released yesterday. Will it put other wearables out of business or drive a stake through the luxury watch sector? Dave Rosenbaum runs the LVMH account at Havas Media Right now, I do not see the Apple Watch as a replacement for high-end luxury time- pieces. There is a timelessness to a Tag Heuer, Hublot, Dior, or Vuitton, a
Valentino live stream Italian fashion brand Valentino is live streaming its fall/winter 2015/16 fashion show from Paris March 10 after several days of social media teasing. At 9:30 a.m. EST, fans will be able to log on to any Web site sharing Valentino’s live stream link or the brand’s own site or Twitter page to view the runway show in real time. Valentino’s accessibility for brand enthusiasts around the world allows the
Penhaligon’s scent British fragrance maker Penhaligon’s is showing early enthusiasm for spring with its Ostara scent, the official fragrance of London Fashion Week. With inspirations from a daffodil, Penhaligon’s created a social campaign to celebrate its ongoing partnership with the British Fashion Council. Elongating the new fragrance’s launch by adding a social campaign a few weeks after London Fashion Week will help the scent create its own buzz outside the
Lagos’ Caviar collection Jeweler Lagos is undergoing management changes as the founder steps down as CEO to turn his attention to being chairman and creative director. Steven Lagos has been the CEO and creative director since the brand’s founding in 1977, but the president for the past seven years, Chris Cullen will now take over at the CEO. In-house changes often put scrutiny on brand’s next collection as loyal consumers anticipate
Aventura Mall’s Styled 2015 cover Retail real estate owner Simon Property Group is looking to purchase its competitor, Macerich Co. for a total valued offer of $22.4 billion. Simon Property Group, the owner of Aventura Mall in Miami and King of Prussia mall in Philadelphia among others, has made several purchases in the past few years in attempts to expand the brand’s presence in the United States and across the world. This deal
