Bogart sues Burberry over ‘Casablanca’ photo

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The estate of Humphrey Bogart is suing British-based clothes company Burberry over use of the Hollywood icon’s name in what it said was an advertising campaign.
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Burberry Prorsum Braided iPad Case

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Burberry-Prorsum has released a beautiful braided leather iPad-case. It is made in Italy and comes it two colorways.

Made in Italy, the 100% naturally tanned calf leather case features a simple Artisan finish braided detail on the top fold with hand-punched threaded edge details.

The interior is lightly padded with a secure snap-button closure and Burberry-Prorsum logo embossed on the front.
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Burberry Celebrates 10 Million Facebook Fans

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Burberry reached 10 million Facebook fans Dec. 24 and celebrated with the creation of three unique images designed by chief creative officer Christopher Bailey.

“Thank you so much for all your incredible support, ” the designer says in one message, which sees rows of Burberry Body bottles formed in the shape of a 10.
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Top 10 Luxury Brands Using Digital

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L2, a company that conducts research on digital business innovation, has released a study on the most web-savvy designers.

Burberry, which this week reported a 30-percent revenue rise for the first half of the financial year mainly due to a boom in the Chinese market, came out on top — “proof that digital investments translate to shareholder value,” according to L2.

Judging from its analysis, it is safe to say that those brands that connected the dots between social media and e-commerce fared best in the ranking.
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Fashion bloggers to spur online luxury sales

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Fashion bloggers will help propel online sales of designer clothes, jewels and luxury cars to more than 11 billion euros ($15 billion) in 2015.

The exclusive fashion world has embraced the Internet later than other industries but is catching up quickly.

Brands such as Burberry, Tiffany and Gucci are increasing exposure to social media to connect with a new generation born when mobiles and Internet were already there.
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Burberry to open flagship store in Hong Kong

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The shopping landscape in Hong Kong is about to be expanded once again with news that luxury brand Burberry plans to open its Asian flagship store in the city.

Burberry will take up residence over two floors and 21,000 square (1950 sq m) feet of space and that the new store will open in the second half of 2012.

It will be the British retail giant’s largest store in the region and the second largest in the world, behind its 57th Street, New York outlet which spans 24,000 square feet.
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