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Alibaba extends immersive luxury shopping experience with metaverse upgrades

21 Sep 2022

Alibaba is rolling out a range of metaverse upgrades, including an AR fashion show, a Meta Pass to exclusive sales and an extended reality exhibition

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Luxury brands among those suspending sales in Russia in protest at Ukraine invasion

Brands

8 Mar 2022

by Chloe Rigby

More luxury brands are putting sales in Russia on hold following its invasion of Ukraine. Petrol brand Shell today joined them, apologising for buying a...

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Farfetch raises growth expectations as luxury shoppers opt to buy via its platform

Brands

13 May 2021

by Chloe Rigby

Farfetch this week raised its growth expectations for the year as shoppers’ appetite for buying luxury on fashion online continued unabated

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New luxury partnership aims to get brands up to speed fast on digital and selling in China amid ‘unprecedented disruption’ of Covid-19; plus Singles Day update

Brands

6 Nov 2020

by Chloe Rigby

Farfetch, Alibaba and Richemont are working together to improve luxury brands’ access to the Chinese market while helping them to sell direct to customers using...