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The right digital strategy differs for every luxury brand, but the essential elements
are the same: a strong mobile presence, a selective approach to social media, and a
tight focus on carefully chosen metrics.
Linda Dauriz,
Nathalie Remy,
and Nicola Sandri
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luxury purchase.
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Exhibit 1
United Kingdom
54
39
United States
52
Multibrand off-price
34
France
Department store
51
34
Japan
Italy
China
Global average
31
48
Luxury forum
29
45
Multibrand event
Luxury blogs
33
48
+1% vs 2012
12% vs 2012
26
21
15
13
12
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specific products.
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stores or products.
followers, and so on
actions
1 One source for digital-
Exhibit 2
Plugged-in pro
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t 360PVTFPGEJHJUBM
GSPN
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POMJOFTUPSF
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Selective e-tailer
t 5JHIUSFUBJMDPOUSPM
NPOPCSBOETJUFTPOMZ
t 0QQPSUVOJTUJDVTFPGEJHJUBMBT
FOUSZQPJOUGPSBTQJSBUJPOBM
DVTUPNFST
.BSLFUJOHDIBOOFM
0OMJOFTUPSFGPSFOUSZMFWFM
QSPEVDUTPOMZ
Hesitant holdout
t 4NBMMDPNQBOJFT
t 5JHIUDPOUSPMPGSFUBJM
NPOPCSBOETUPSFTPOMZ
t 6TFPGPOMJOFBT
TIPXSPPNPOMZ
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range of categories.
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The authors wish to thank Ambrogio Michetti and Anna Sanfilippo for their contributions to the research presented in
this article.
Linda Dauriz is a principal in McKinseys Munich office, Nathalie Remy is a principal in the Paris office, and
Nicola Sandri is an associate principal in the Milan office. Copyright 2014 McKinsey & Company. All rights
reserved.
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