Customer Relations

December 4, 2024

Chanel Takes Its Métiers d’Art Show to China, for 1,100 Guests.

The house goes all out for its V.I.C.’s. What do you do if you are a fashion house possessed of the most coveted open designer job […]
November 28, 2024

Bulgari Puts the Focus on Customer Experience

Laura Burdese, recently appointed to the jewelry house’s new post of deputy chief executive, talks about retail, heritage and her own jewelry purchase. Laura Burdese accepted […]
September 11, 2024

Have a Scotch or Macaron While You Try on That Watch?

Watches of Switzerland and other luxury brands are using liquor and sweets to keep customers engaged. And that includes treats for their dogs. At 6:15 p.m. […]
June 18, 2020

Help! It’s Been Months. I’m Still in a Travel Mess.

I’ve received thousands of emails from Times readers since the coronavirus put the brakes on travel in mid-March. And if there’s one thing that’s obvious, it’s […]
November 26, 2019

They Can See You Typing When You’re Shopping Online

For months you’ve been casing a Gucci shoulder bag online, adding it to your virtual cart, only to close the tab before buying it. One weekend, […]
July 5, 2017

Try, Then Buy? Amazon’s Move Is Part of a Shopping Trend

When I was a child, I would watch my grandmother try on dresses and coats she had brought home on “appro” (or approbation) from Mrs. Downey’s […]