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Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Silver platter service goes digital


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Though luxury shopping was once the province of bricks-and-mortar locations, it now has arrived online.
When it comes to summer vacations, most begin planning online – including those in the luxury market. What many of us do is compare prices for various flight and hotel options on sites like TripAdvisor and Kayak, to find something within our budgets. For those whose time is more valuable than money, however, the goal of online shopping is different.
“Let me tell you about the very rich,” F. Scott Fitzgerald is famous for observing, “They are different from you and me.” The same goes for luxury marketing.


Thursday, July 6, 2017

VR heats up at YouTube

n June 22, the New York Times reported that, with the exception of the gaming industry, VR has proven a disappointment. It cites weak sales for VR headsets and the fact that all the “dabbling” in VR ventures has not amounted to serious strides.
But that may change with a boost from YouTube. The Google-owned video site is promoting the development of VR videos with new resources and tools that help developers and may make VR videos more attractive for marketing.
Which VR elements in a video get the most attention? That's something that creators are able to track with Heatmaps, a feature that YouTube rolled “for 360-degree and VR videos with over 1,000 views” on June 16.
You can see an example of a heatmap applied to a music video here: