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Land Rover & Range Rover Make the Scene at NY Fashion Week
From luxist.com Filed under: Apparel, Luxury Cars & Autos, Events, Celebrity Shopping “Land Rover is expanding its marketing profile with, for the first time, supporting a fashion house, Rag & Bone, during New York Fashion Week,” noted Stuart Schorr, vice president of communications and public affairs, Jaguar Land Rover North America. “The Rag & Bone brand, led by Marcus Wainwright and David Neville, is admired for its refined and versatile aesthetic. Both Land Rover and Rag & Bone were born in England and enjoy massive global appeal. The Land Rover LR4 has evolved a distinct design heritage that is rooted in both authentic luxury and rugged capability. Similarly, through Rag & Bone, Marcus and David have established a legacy through high levels of skill and craftsmanship.” Might we dare to hope for a Ltd. Rag & Bone Edition LR4 edition in the near future….? The Classicist: Is the Royal Warrant Losing Its Lustre?
From luxist.com Filed under: The Classicist, Wealth Holders of the Royal Warrant include many of our favorite luxury brands – Asprey, Aston Martin, Bentley, Barbour, Burberry, Fortnum & Mason, Gieves & Hawkes, Holland & Holland, Hunter Boots, Jaguar, John Lobb, Johnnie Walker, Land Rover, Laphroaig, Lock & Co., Swaine Adeney Brigg, Smythson, Tanqueray and Turnbull & Asser – along with a host of lesser names, such as After Eight mints and Jacob’s Cream Crackers. It is the latter two that have now decided to do without their warrants – though no insult is intended to the royal family, as it was when former Harrods owner Mohamed al Fayed burned his last year. That coupled with the results of a new survey showing that only 13% of respondents thought that warrants make any difference have called their usefulness into question, the London Guardian reports. However, “It’s hard to say that interest in royal warrants is conclusively on the wane,” Vicky Bullen, chief executive of Coley Porter Bell, tells the paper, “because there is no existing data with which to make a comparison. However, consumers’ apparent indifference to the royal warrants has surprised us. We can only surmise there could be a number of factors at play.” Said factors, Bullen says, include “that we live in a less deferential society in which the royal family enjoys less prestige and political support.” That of course is not exactly new, though the upcoming Royal Wedding may give them a boost. [cont'd] Gallery: Holders of the Royal Warrant Continue reading The Classicist: Is the Royal Warrant Losing Its Lustre? Filed under: Estates, Luxury Cars & Autos, Auctions, Events, The Classicist To mark the occasion, RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house, has selected Salon Privé as the venue for its third annual European sale. Themed ‘Quintessentially English’ and scheduled for June 23, the new RM sale is set to become a regular fixture on the company’s global events calendar, catering specifically for collectors with an affinity for British marques. Also joining the luxe event, now in its sixth season, for the first time is Land Rover who have confirmed that they will show the new Range Rover Evoque models which guests will be able to test drive. 2011 marks a return to the event for Porsche alongside such brands as Aston Martin, Bentley, Bugatti, Jaguar, Lamborghini, Maserati, Maybach, Mercedes-Benz, Morgan and Rolls-Royce. In addition to the stunning display of modern super and luxury cars, the event’s internationally renowned Concours d’Elégance returns with seven new categories and a display of some of the rarest and most valuable cars in the world. Examples of this year’s categories include Ferrari 250 Competizione, Historic Grand Prix Single Seaters, Grand Routier, Oddballs, Motorcycles from the Steve McQueen era and a collection of stunning Rolls-Royce models to celebrate the 100 year centenary of the Spirit of Ecstasy. [cont'd] Gallery: Salon Prive & Syon Park Continue reading The Classicist: London’s Luxe Salon Prive Comes to ‘Gosford Park’ Jobs boost for Jaguar Land Rover as Indian owners double investment to PS1.5bn a year
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2011 Geneva Motor Show: The Luxury Sedans & SUVs
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Every year the Geneva Motor Show features a staggering array of new luxury sedans, estate wagons, crossovers and sport-utility vehicles on display. And this year’s show, still ongoing at the Geneva Palexpo, has proven no exception. Among the production and concept debuts in these diverse categories were new vehicles from Audi, BMW Alpina, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Rolls-Royce, Saab and Volvo, as well as the return of De Tomaso. Follow the jump to see what these European automakers had in store for us this year. Continue reading 2011 Geneva Motor Show: The Luxury Sedans & SUVs Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos 2011 Geneva Motor Show: The Luxury Sedans & SUVs originally appeared on Luxist on Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments
NLRB Opens Useful Escape Hatch for Employers Responding to Obnoxious Social Media Conduct
From feeds.lexblog Selling luxury cars in a down economy can be tough enough without employees mocking a company-sponsored sales event on their Facebook page. An administrative law judge (ALJ) with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued an opinion last week holding that the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) protected an employee’s sarcastic post, but nonetheless upheld the dealership’s termination decision because it was based on other, unprotected Facebook content. The decision is an important reminder for employers that when protected and unprotected content appear on the same Facebook wall, the protected content does not shield the employee from discipline based on the unprotected content. The Knauz BMW dealership in Lake Bluff, Illinois, planned the “Ultimate Driving Event” to introduce the redesigned BMW 5 Series to its customers. At the event, the dealership not only offered BMW representatives, rather than the dealership’s sales staff, to take customers for a test drive, but also served hot dogs from a hot dog car as well as chocolate chip cookies, small bags of Doritos, and water. Upon learning of the dealership’s plans for the event, salesman Bobby Becker, and at least one other salesperson questioned the culinary selection. After the event, Becker tweaked the dealership on his Facebook page: “The small 8 oz. bags of chips, and the $2.00 cookie plate from Sam’s Club, and the semi fresh apples and oranges were such a nice touch . . . but to top it all off . . . the Hot Dog Cart. Where our clients could attain a over cooked weiner and a stale bunn . . . ” Becker’s rag on the Ultimate Driving Event did not stand alone. On the same day, he also posted about a potentially serious mishap at the nearby Land Rover dealership also owned by Knauz BMW. Becker described the drama on his Facebook page, alongside a photograph with the following comment: “This [photograph shows] what happens when a sales Person sitting in the front passenger seat (Former Sales Person, actually) allows a 13 year old boy to get behind the wheel of a 6000 lb. truck built and designed to pretty much drive over anything. The kid drives over his father’s foot and into the pond in all about 4 seconds and destroys a $50,000 truck. OOOPS!” In deciding whether Knauz BMW violated the NLRA by discharging Becker, the ALJ agreed with the NLRB’s General Counsel that Becker’s Facebook comments about the food at the Ultimate Drive Event were protected concerted activity, a position previously expressed by the General Counsel in its August 2011 report on the NLRB’s social media cases which we discussed in an earlier blog post. The ALJ reasoned that Becker’s comments were protected because it was possible, albeit not likely, that the food selection could have had an impact on Becker’s commission-based compensation. In the words of the ALJ, “some customers [possibly] were turned off by the food offerings at the sales event and [perhaps] did not purchase a car because of it.” The ALJ also found that Becker’s Facebook posting was concerted activity — even though no co-worker participated in, or commented on, the post — because the post was the “logical outgrowth of” the criticisms by Becker and at least one other co-worker of the food selection during the sales force’s meeting with management before the event. This result demonstrates just how broadly the NLRB interprets the concept of “protected concerted activity” which cannot properly be the subject of employee discipline. Notably, the ALJ rejected Knauz BMW’s argument that Becker’s Facebook post should lose its protection under the NLRA because the post disparaged the dealership. Without much analysis, the ALJ noted that the NLRB had previously rejected the same argument in cases where employees’ protected speech was mocking, sarcastic, satirical, ironic, demeaning or even degrading. It appears that an employee’s protected speech will need to reach a high level of injuriousness before the Board will strip that speech of the NLRA’s protections. Although Becker had engaged in protected concerted activity, the ALJ still determined that Knauz BMW’s decision to axe Becker was lawful. The ALJ found persuasive the testimony of management employees that Becker’s facetious comments about the serious and potentially deadly Land Rover mishap triggered the termination decision. The ALJ then determined that this post did not constitute protected concerted activity because “it was posted solely by Becker,” “without any discussion with any other employee,” and “had no connection to any other employees’ terms and conditions of employment.” The lesson for employers? Employees who post some protected social media content do not protect themselves with impunity from adverse employment action. Employers can rely on unrelated, unprotected social media posts to justify termination;they just need to be prepared to prove that the unprotected speech was the driving force behind the disciplinary decision. Range Rover Evoque Review
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From rss.feedsportal Tata Motors reported a stronger-than-expected rise in quarterly profit as robust sales at Jaguar Land Rover more than made up for weakness in its home market in India. Land Rover OKs small Range Rover for production
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