An LVMH-owned website dedicated to luxury cruises where consumers can learn about, research and plan everything to do with holidaying at sea will launch this summer. IT’s about CUSTOMIZED INTEGRATED MEDIA. Onboard Media has set up onboard.com in order to fill what the company says is a void in the cruise market. It promises to feature in-depth cruise destination content presented in an engaging manner over a variety of media...

“My family has been in jewelry for three generations; I know the sacrifices that are asked of the Earth to supply us with the raw materials we need in our profession”, Luca Ghelardi Tarducci, creator of the brand.   . Ecojewel, the first eco-sustainable luxury item Through certified Zero Carbon Footprint, control of every step of the production process, its use of only recycled precious materials and its guarantee of ethical...

In this social media era, a huge array of actors are placing news demands on luxury companies, calling on them to “act ethically”, to adopt “sustainable” methods, and to hold their suppliers “accountable” in the same way.  Not only can media coverage focus massively and instantaneously on an incident anywhere in the world – the explosive “spotlight phenomenon” – but rating tools are under development that consumers can...

An article from Jeni Bauser; Ethical Corporation in New York. As luxury fashion brands start to act on sustainability, they could do more to disclose details of what’s happening in their supply chains. With the growing buzz about ethical sourcing and “going green”, luxury fashion brands finally seem to be catching on. Consumers are faced with a new influx of luxury brands’ sustainability initiatives. But are these efforts more a...