[infographic] Social Media ShortCuts

How about some time-saving shortcuts for Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google+? Take a look:

[infographic] StumbleUpon

StumbleUpon has been around for a while now and I pretty enjoy it. This infographic from Column Five Media breaks down the lifecycle of a web page on the service and sheds light on some interesting stats. For instance, 51 pages are added to StumbleUpon every minute. #wow

[infographic] LinkedIn

Do you know how to increase your LinkedIn engagement? Take a look here:

[infographic] The social side of Super Bowl 2014

Yes, still the topic of the week.

Source: Mashable

 

[infographic] Super Bowl 2014

Of course, everyone watched the most important advertising game of the year.

Source: Adweek

 

Infographic: Metrosexual vs Heterosexual

Ladies, who would you prefer to date?

Metrosexual vs heterosexual

 

Source: Pinterest

Infographic: hipsters

How hipster are you?

Hipsters infographic

 

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Infographic: Geek vs. hipster

Do you know the difference between a geek and a hipster?

Geek vs Hipster

 

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The most-searched fashion designers of 2013

Mashable.com presents an interesting article about the most-searched fashion designers of 2013, according to Bing searching tool.

Believe it or not, in the U.S., fashion icon and designer Victoria Beckham took the crown as the most-searched fashion designer of 2013, while former Project Runway judge Michael Kors followed in the number two spot — Kors was in the top of the results for the second year in a row (he was number one in 2012).

Ralph Lauren, an American favorite best known for his Polo clothing brand, took third for the most-searched designer of 2013. Staples of the industry, both Chanel and Gucci remained strong, coming in at numbers four and six respectively.

Here’s a look at the top 10 most-searched fashion designers, according to BingTrends.com

Infographic: 10 signs you dress like a hipster

Are you hipster enough?

Dress like a hipster

 

Source: Pinterest

Coca-Cola’s summer proposal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coca-Cola did it again:

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How to promote a museum using Facebook

That simple:

Their Facebook page.

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Bottega Veneta is the most profitable luxury brand in 2013

According to CPP Luxury,  Italian house of Bottega Veneta (owned by Kering – former PPR) is expected to overtake the eight per cent growth forecast for the global luxury goods market this year. The brand saw profits boost of 46.7 per cent in 2012, as reported in February. “Bottega should grow faster than average considering the trend of the segment that we are in, which is absolute luxury,” said the label’s chairman and chief executive, Marco Bizzarri. “This customer is less hit by the [economic] crisis.” Bizzarri credits the exclusivity and craftsmanship of the brand’s products (some of which take up to 15 years to create), for its success.

“For us Made In Italy is so important, the quality of the artisans and the material is so important, that if we feel any kind of pressure on our profitability we will put prices up,” he told The Financial Times. “We’ve found that as long as our quality is maintained that the customers are willing to pay a premium.”

 

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[infographic] The Change for a Startup Business to fail

Staff.com sent me an email with this cool infographic of them.

Blame it on the media when people seem to think that their hot tech startup will make them a billionaire by their mid-20s.

Being a startup ourselves, we are very interested in the factors that contribute to a startup’s success, so we created this infographic on those factors, or chances that your startup will fail or succeed. This also includes some research on projections for the best sectors to start your new business.

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Germany’s luxury market to grow 20 percent in 2013 thanks to influx from foreign travellers

A recent study conducted by CPP has revealed that Germany’s luxury market will grow by up to 20% in 2013, particularly the fashion, watches, jewellery sectors. As the the primary purpose of travelling to Germany is medical (treatments, surgeries etc), luxury retail and hospitality and indirect beneficiaries. Over 30% of the wealthy visitor to Germany come from the Middle East (UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain).

Governments in most of these countries subsidize costs for treatment abroad of its nationals, from flights to accommodation and the hospital bills. The most ”generous” is the government of U.A.E., its embassies making all necessary arrangements. According to our survey, the length of such a ”medical” trip for a Gulf patient is on average 10 days – in many cases, flight arrangements being business class and hotels five star. Each patient is allowed to be accompanied by a relative or friend and in the case of women, by two such close people.

In Europe, Germany ranks as first choice, given the quality of medical services, especially for cardiology, ophtamology and cancer. Munich ranks first, followed by Hamburg and Dusseldorf (Essen).

In luxury hotels in Munich, these medical travellers now make up to a third of all guests, hence, personalized services such as literature in Arabic and Arabic cuisine menus in restaurants and in-room dining. This explains the high occupancy at luxury hotels in Munich, Hamburg and Dusseldorf in off-season as well as the high rates, despite a steep decline in corporate travel. Travel to Germany by Gulf nationals has also been helped by direct flight connections – Emirates fly non-stop from Dubai to Munich, Berlin and Hamburg while Qatar Airways flies from Munich and Hamburg, non stop to Doha. Lufthansa is also flying direct to several Gulf destinations. Etihad flies non-stop from Abu Dhabi to Frankfurt and Munich, and through its partnership with Air Berlin, to over 20 cities in Germany.

Russians and nationals from Eastern European countries are also incresingly travelling to Germany for medical reasons, however, unlike Gulf nationals, their expenses are covered by either private insurance or personal income. There are direct flights between many cities in Germany to Moscow and Sankt Petersburg. There has also been an increase from CIS states such as Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, most of them for medical reasons too.

As for Asian travellers, most of them from China and South Korea, arrive in Germany mostly for leisure and they favour mainly Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt. The lower prices of most luxury branded goods, in many cases 20% cheaper than in China, have been the major incentive for Chinese to travel to Germany. By comparison to Paris or London, flights between China and Germany are cheaper due to an oversupply. On average an return economy class flight ticket from Beijing to Frankfurt is 30 to 40% cheaper than an economy return from Paris to Beijing.

Asian travellers also prefer German luxury shopping destinations such as Munich, Berlin and Frankfurt given that luxury hotel rates are up to 30% cheaper than those in Paris or Milan.

Major luxury brands such as Prada and Vuitton have grasped on the potential of foreign travellers and have placed Germany at the top of their expansion plans in Europe. They are also tackling an important shortcoming of Munich or Berlin, which have smaller stores than in Paris, London or Milan (hence a reduced variety of their collections), by enlarging existing stores or opening new, larger store.

In Munich, Prada is enlarging its existing flagship store by 30% (adding a adjacent building), while Louis Vuitton is opening an impressive Louis Vuitton Maison store at the prestigious Palais an der Oper on Residenzstrasse, covering 600 sqm – both stores due to open this Summer.

Leading jewellery and watches retailer Bucherer is opening in Munich its second flagship store in Munich near the new Vuitton Maison this Summer. Max Mara is also scheduled to open its new flagship store in Munich on Theatinerstrass this summer. The new developments in Munich come after the recent openings, at the end of 2012, of several new stores: Tom Ford, Belstaff, Michael Kors and Saint Laurent.

In Germany, Prada operates 6 mono-brand stores and 2 shop in shops; Louis Vuitton operates 8 stores; Gucci 7 mono-brand stores and 4 corners; Cartier operates 5 mono-brand boutiques,  Ermenegildo Zegna 4 mono-brand stores and 4 corners; Burberry 4 mono-brand stores; Tiffany 4 mono-brand boutiques. Many of the luxury fashion and accessories brands blame the lack of infrastructure (few luxury department stores) and high leases for the slow retail development in Germany.

As for watches, most of the major luxury brands are represented through wholesale, the most important retailers being Wempe (15 stores in Germany) and Bucherer. Rolex (through local partners), Blancpain and Omega are among the brands with a large representation of mono-brand boutiques in Germany.

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