Articles Tagged "Twitter"

Reaching consumers is one thing. But encouraging them to purchase is a whole other ballgame.

As companies ramp up their social media efforts, the war to woo customers is on, with a host of new online strategies that aim to entice shoppers to shop – and buy, reported WWD.

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Jason Wu has just unveiled his new – and yes, legitimate – Twitter account. The handle he chose: “MissWu_NY,” in the guise of the owl logo Wu recently released.

“She’s sort of this phantom muse who embodies what we’re about,” Wu said to WWD. “I thought it would be more...

Shopping search and comparison engine Twenga has just unveiled a new feature, “social shopping,” designed to close the gap between social networks and the products the site sells online by allowing users to enlist the advice of their contacts when considering buying an item, reported...

Jessica Simpson is getting busy with Twitter. Well, sort of. The famous actress/singer, who has an impressive following of 3.5 million on the social media device, can sometimes go a week without tweets should she feel in the mood. Her philosophy is simple: Share what she thinks her...

For all those lovers of Alexander Wang and of technology, on Tuesday, Wang unveiled a new Twitter account and relaunched his website to make it more interactive – finally.

The launch came on the heels of Wang’s noting a number of false Twitter accounts that claimed to be his. “I...

Ever since Thierry Mugler hired Lady Gaga’s stylist, we knew a collaboration would have to arise.

Nicola Formichetti, creative director at Thierry Mugler and stylist to one of the biggest pop stars in the world, said her client Lady Gaga will provide the music for Mugler’s Paris show on...

Pose, a new iPhone app, is being compared to Foodspotting—the app where users post pictures of their dishes at restaurants—as the fashion equivalent. Pose allows users to take snapshots of themselves in outfits, whether at a department store or in their room, and post it to the Web and...

Both Twitter and Google have been pretty busy lately. These two giants are both unveiling some new ways to socially network.

Twitter has modified its website to make it easier for visitors to post photos and videos, as reported by Bloomberg. Partnering with 16 companies, Twitter will now...

The love affair with Apple continues.

This coming week, Intercontinental Hotels & Resorts, the luxury resort hotel group whose gorgeous properties define luxury anew, will put their concierges one step ahead of the competition when they make the Apple iPad standard on-the-job equipment....

It seems in the last week that Givenchy has been all over the place. A past designer for the brand, Guillame Henry, is in news for starting a new line, Carven. And there’s rumors that the fashion house’s muse is about to make her solo debut. On a totally separate note, Givenchy...