The luxury of affluent men

affluent-male-studyWhat can the affluent male’s online behaviour teach luxury brand marketers? Well, all but 2% of well-off men surveyed for iProspect’s Affluent Male study purchase products online, while a huge 70% prefer to research and purchase online, and are also shopping for themselves more frequently than assumed.


Shoppers stop Facebook brand interaction

facebookMore than 40% of Americans use social media to shop – the equivalent of some 95 million social shoppers – and that number continues to rise. In fact, when asked how often social media is used to shop today compared to one year ago, almost three-quarters of respondents to the Leo Burnett/Arc Worldwide SocialShop study confirmed they are using it more frequently.


QR code from the Black stuff

Guinness has rolled out a Guinness QR Cup, which is actually a pint glass. Filled with, say, Stella Artois, it remains a mere glass. But topped up with stout it reveals a QR code which, when scanned, tweets about your pint, updates your Facebook status…


Staying longer with Facebook

The average friend count on Facebook is 130, and people make an average of 40 visits a month the Social Network, spending more than 23 minutes per stay.


How does Facebook stack up against Google?

OK, it’s Facebook IPO day and we’re talking billions of dollars rinsing around the markets. But how does the Social Network stack up against search behemoth Google?


Welcome to Planet Facebook

facebook-converseIf Facebook were a country it would boast the third-largest population in the world, behind only China and India, while the Social Network has more members than there are people in Europe, according to SocialBakers. In addition, the Coca-Cola brand alone has nearly 100 million more fans on Facebook than there are residents of the US. And brands Starbucks, Converse, Red Bull and Oreo each have nearly five times the number of fans on Facebook than there are people in the UK.


Trusting Facebook

Facebook earns some very strong positive scores among consumers when compared to its social networking peers, but a low trust score could be an area of concern as the company seeks to go to the market with an IPO, according to E-Poll Market Research.


L’Occitane’s high octane digital

occitaneL’Occitane is the best-performing luxury brand in the digital space in both Brazil and Russia, according to L2’s Digital IQ Index: Brazil, Russia, India report. L’Occitane’s Brazilian Facebook page reached 100,000-fan milestone in January with a hand-cream giveaway pushing up metrics – the brand managed to rack up 40,000 fans in a 12-day period