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Net-a-Porter goes hard



Net-a-Porter fine jewellery hub

It’s been a while coming but Net-a-Porter is about to unveil its fine jewellery and watches hub at the end of the month. With more interest from women buying high-end jewellery for themselves (who needs husbands?!), plus the rise of the online luxury customer, there’s no better time to sell hard luxury online.

To date, Net-a-Porter has dabbled with a handful of legacy jewellery brands, including online pop-ups for Cartier and Chanel and collaborations with Tiffany, Piaget and Pomellato. (more…)

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Wired Retail 2017: 5 future trends for digital shopping



burberry augmented reality app illustrated by Danny Sangra

Here’s the latest ‘Ask Alison’ post from DRG retail editor, ALISON FARRINGTON, as she unpacks five key takeaways from this year’s Wired Retail conference, and how they will change your future digital shopping habits.

I’ll take the world of visual-culture and discovery-commerce over voice-activated replenishment shopping – thank you. The former feels like a fun Instagram Stories fuelled shopping spree, while the latter sounds like a boring, but necessary automated shopping list. Both have a place in the current online marketplace (more…)

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Sponsored post: Could the Huawei Mate 10 Pro phone replace your DSLR?



Huawei Mate 10 Pro

My food has never looked so good. Well not in a smartphone photo anyway…

The new-gen smartphones are really cameras and media capture devices first. Bloggers and influencers need a decent camera on their phone and hey, what’s better than a Leica lens? That’s the thinking behind the Huawei Mate 10 Pro, which launched last week. Featuring the Leica dual lens for better low light images and bokeh effects, and artificial intelligence (or ‘AI’ in tech speak), they act like the eyes and brain for your phone. (more…)

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