In the fast-paced run up to Christmas madness, here’s a little Friday respite with a highlight of 10 of the best festive fashion, retail and luxury films:
It’s been an interesting week of stories – lots of focus on the impact consumer behaviour online and technology itself is having on stores. The usual selection of brand digital activations too…
Macy’s CEO sees stores borrowing ideas from online [Reuters]
From Bergdorf’s pups, to Harvey Nichols’ walk of shame, here are my top ads from across the fashion space for the festive season…
Bergdorf Goodman’s Unleashed – a tale of true doggy heaven, and perhaps the cutest take on Christmas ever:
Kate Spade’s Give Colorfully – a fun spot based on gift wrapping all shapes and size:
Tommy Hilfiger’s House Par-tay – festive fun at home with The Hilfigers, which despite being on repeat play in the back of every New York taxi cab for the past month, is still enjoyable to watch:
Harvey Nichols’ Turn a Walk of Shame into a Stride of Pride – an amusing twist on Britain’s booze culture:
Tiffany & Co’s Some Holidays Are Unforgettable – a celebration of true love featuring Nat King Cole’s The Very Thought of You:
And finally, I couldn’t help but add in Apple’s festive spot for the iPhone 4S, featuring Santa and his new pal Siri:
The fashion industry has been celebrating the festive season with all manner of digital initiatives. Here’s a look at some of the things they’ve been doing:
Ralph Lauren transforms online catalog into holiday greeting cards (as pictured) [Mashable]
Coach launches New York-themed gift tags campaign featuring eight animated videos, e-cards and Facebook application [WWD]
Marc Jacobs invites fans to upload their family holiday snaps with ‘MarcFam’ campaign [StyleCaster]
Calvin Klein partners with Shazam for interactive in-store displays and unique holiday song [L2 Blog]
Burberry sends festive cheer with interactive music videos [Burberry]
Tiffany & Co unveils digital storybook, ‘The Winter Carousel’, to tie in with store windows [Luxury Daily]
Macy’s extends annual Believe campaign with augmented reality app [Macy's]
John Lewis launches window display featuring its ‘Top 30 favorite things for Christmas’, allowing shoppers to buy directly via QR codes [PSFK]
JC Penney invites consumers to personalise their gifts with ‘Santa Tags’; QR codes that host voice recordings [JC Penney]
Alexander Wang compiles 12 days of Christmas gift guide [Global Grind]
Uniqlo UK offers shoppers the chance to win their Christmas wishlist [Uniqlo]
Esprit partners with Yvan Rodic of FaceHunter as part of Make Your Wish holiday campaign [PR Newswire]
Gap gives shoppers head start on holiday shopping with Shop Yourself Social initiative [RIS News]
Macy’s has released an official mobile app for the 85th year of its Thanksgiving Day Parade tomorrow.
Launched by MyCityWay and available on both iOS and Android, it features a route map, participant tracker, guide to the city, wifi hotspot finder and weather forecasts.
It also provides information on tonight’s balloon inflation event, not to mention tips on transportation, restrooms and more.
So we all know Google+ launched its brand pages this week. And we all know there’s a ton of commentary flying around as to whether companies should actually get involved or not.
But while we’ve been talking about it; others have been doing it, the fashion industry included.
In little over 24 hours however, numerous more have jumped on board. It’s a case of the usual suspects, and many of them don’t have any content on as yet, but here’s a list of some of them so far in anycase:
Be sure to note how dynamic the Burberry and Kate Spade pages look with the animated gifs they’ve added, and check out the pictures below for some of the first posts:
Burberry's Christopher Bailey gave a video introduction to Google+ (click to watch)
ASOS jokes about how quiet things are on Google+
Macy's introduces its new Google+ page
Kate Spade uploads a new profile picture to its Google+ page
Uniqlo welcomes everyone to its new Google+ page
Have you found more? Please add them to the comments below…
Karl Lagerfeld to launch accessible womenswear line exclusively with Net-a-Porter [Reuters]
Saks Fifth Avenue unveils shoe-themed Tumblr blog based on “floor so big that it has its own zip code” (as pictured), partners with The Man Repeller [Tumblr]
Macy’s mBlog offers insider access to fashion, beauty, home and lifestyle news and trends [WWD]
Anya Hindmarch launching bespoke website, allowing customers to personalise leather goods, diaries and handbags [L2 Blog]
Jonathan Saunders and Richard Nicoll join Twitter [Vogue.com]