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Hotel Luxuries On-Line

The Shops at The Ritz-Carlton Launches Web Site

— February 3, 2009 — Fashion
Exclusive hotel products are now available to you on-line at the newly launched ‘Shops at the Ritz-Carlton.’ Sumptuous bedding, robes, toiletries, hats and glassware the same as those available in the luxury accommodations are just a click away.

So now when you are back home after your stay at the Ritz-Carlton in your uninspiring bed, you can order up one of those magnificent down duvets or signature sheet set to make your bedroom feel like a five star hotel.

Just for the little ones, you can purchase the hotel’s exclusive custom designed Steiff teddy bear that comes with his own retro suitcase complete with travel stickers.

The site also offers products that until now were available only in Ritz-Carlton in-house boutiques.
Trend Themes
1. E-commerce for Luxury Hotel Products - The newly-launched 'Shops at the Ritz-Carlton' website allows customers to purchase exclusive hotel products online, presenting an opportunity for disruptive innovation in the e-commerce industry for luxury hotel goods.
2. Direct-to-consumer Hotel Merchandise - The availability of Ritz-Carlton hotel products on the website enables a direct-to-consumer business model for hotel merchandise, creating a potential disruptive innovation opportunity in the hospitality industry.
3. Expanding Hotel Brand Merchandising - The launch of 'Shops at the Ritz-Carlton' website with available hotel products from in-house boutiques suggests a trend of hotels expanding their brand merchandising efforts, offering a potential disruptive innovation opportunity in the hotel industry.
Industry Implications
1. E-commerce - The e-commerce industry can benefit from the increased demand for luxury hotel products sold online through the 'Shops at the Ritz-Carlton' website, creating opportunities for disruptive innovation in e-commerce platforms and logistics.
2. Hospitality - The hospitality industry can explore new direct-to-consumer business models for hotel merchandise, inspired by the availability of Ritz-Carlton products on the website, leading to disruptive innovation opportunities in the hotel retail sector.
3. Brand Merchandising - The brand merchandising industry can explore partnerships with hotels to expand their product offerings, as demonstrated by the 'Shops at the Ritz-Carlton' website's inclusion of in-house boutique products, presenting disruptive innovation opportunities for brand merchandisers.
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