Flash Sales

Gilt Groupe Puts Jettas Up For Sale

Yesterday I mentioned a BMW up for sale on DailyWish. Gilt Groupe is in the car business this week too, selling a VW Jetta on their private flash sale site. The special deal carves off $10,000 from the price of the cars sold at Volkswagen dealerships. The low price of $5,995 each is only for Gilt members and will be offered for three days. The WSJ reports that access to today's sale will is available through Gilt's mobile applications on iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Android devices. For the next two days the sales will be on Gilt.com as well as the mobile apps. The cars will be presented in "Gilt Gold" wrapping and about $18,000 in proceeds from the sales will be donated to the charity Dress for Success.

Luxury Daily questioned whether or not this move is a smart one for Gilt because the Jetta is outside the luxury purview. But as our reviewer Jonathon Ramsey saw earlier this year, the new Jetta handles itself quite well and does offer a quality driving experience.

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Sommelier Cellar, A Private Sale Wine Site For The U.K.

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine

Fresh on the heels of the announcement of Lot 18 here in the U.S., the UK gets its own private sales club for wine. SommelierCellar is the UK's first online private sales club for wine and offers deals from the World's finest estates. SommelierCellar offers its members private sales of fine wine at up to 50% off the original retail price. The wine will only be available for limited periods of time to its network of members. Joining up is free and there will be new sales each week.

The wine offers are selected by UK Best Sommeliers, Matt Wilkin and Andrea Briccarello and top wine writer, Chris Losh. The site will also include advice from the buying team including tasting notes and food pairing information. Wines, sold by the case of six bottles, will be offered for up to two weeks, or until the stocks have sold out. When a wine is selected by the buying team, members are notified via email. When the individual sale is over, that particular wine won't appear again. Once bought, the wines will be delivered to the members' home or office within 7 days.

To become a member of SommelierCellar, and benefit from exclusive fine wine sales visit www.sommeliercellar.com and register your details. Those signing up to be members before the end of November will receive a £10 voucher to be redeemed against their first purchase. Any member who introduces a friend will receive an additional £10 with no limit to the amount members can earn.

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Lot 18: Private Sales Come To The World Of Wine

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine

The world of private sales is coming to wine. Philip James (founder of Snooth.com) is behind Lot18.com, a new invitation-only site that will sell wine in a flash sale style format with limited runs and savings of up to 60 percent. The new company recently completed a $3 million Series A round of funding led by FirstMark Capital, a New York City-based venture capital firm.

Lot18's procurement team curates and presents the offer, with the sale and shipping managed by the winery. Wine sales online continue to grow but state-by-state shipping rules have made total domination problematic. Lot18 matches consumers directly with top wineries across the country and plans to position itself as a trusted source of information about quality wines. Lot18's partners so far include Cornerstone Winery, Boisset Family Estates, and Foley Family Estates.

Lot 18 is offering 500 invites to Luxist.com readers. To get yours click here: http://www.lot18.com/invite/luxist

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Mintbox: For New Members-only Luxe Shopping

by Bobbie Leigh (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel, Luxury Travel & Hotels, Events

Private access, getting there first, and buying what you want at a discount plus cash back --- that's what shoppers want and that's what Mintbox.com delivers. Membership means access to exclusive invitation-only sales in-store and online at top designers and major apparel, health, and wellness brands.

Just last month Mintbox members were invited to the pricey Guerlain Spa at the Waldorf Astoria to enjoy their special two-hour, $600 Exceptional Orchidée Facial for only $199 plus 5% cash back. While discounts tend to run 30% early in the season for new merchandise, you might just end up getting end-of-season fashions at 80% or more. Other members-only perks include invitations to meet-and-greets with fashion designers, private trunk shows, tickets to New York Fashion Week, and personal-styling sessions.

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