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Monthly Archives: April 2014
What’s the Best Media to Market Luxury?
What’s the Best Media to Market Luxury? Like baking a cake, it clearly is a mix of ingredients. A recent Boston Consulting Group Altagamma piece titled True-Luxury Global Consumer offered some insights. First, who was surveyed? The survey included 10,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Cruises, Fashion, Home Furnishings/Shelter, Hotels, Jewelry, Marketing, Media, Research, Shelter, Spa, Watches, Wines/Spirits
Tagged Celebrities, Cruises, Events, Fashion, Home/Shelter, Jeweler, Luxury, Luxury Marketing, luxury resort, Magazines, Media, Research, Resorts, Social Media, Spa
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Do The Super Rich Know What You Are Selling?
Do The Super Rich Know What Your Are Selling? “The Super Rich already know us.” It’s one I hear quite a bit when I speak with purveyors of luxury goods and services. There is an urgency to get the word … Continue reading
Posted in Auto, Fashion, Home Furnishings/Shelter, Hotels, Jewelry, Marketing, Research, Shelter, Spa, Uncategorized, Watches, Yachts
Tagged Aspirational, Fashion, Luxury, Luxury Marketing, Mass Affluent, Spa, Super Rich, Superyacht, Top 0.1 Percent, Ultra High Net Worth
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“Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics”
When I ran the numbers for The Top 0.1 Percent Spent $214 Billion on Lifestyle and Luxury in 2013 in leisure hotel and resort stays from our previous research it showed that these Ultra High Net Worth consumers spend over $12 billion annually … Continue reading
How Should Luxury Marketers Look at the Wealth Gap?
According to a Bloomberg BusinessWeek analysis of data compiled by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman the break out of Net Worth and Household Income goes something like this: The Top 1 Percent: – 11,700 households with an Average … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Media, Research, Uncategorized
Tagged Aspirational, Luxury, Luxury Marketing, Marketing, Mass Affluent, Research, Super Rich, UHNW, Ultra High Net Worth
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The Top 0.1 Percent Spent $214 Billion on Lifestyle and Luxury in 2013
Looking at research on luxury and lifestyle spending by Ultra High Net Worth families and layering it against recently released research on how much the Top 0.1 percent make, I estimate these 117,000 households contributed $214 billion to the … Continue reading
Posted in Auto, Cruises, Fashion, Home Furnishings/Shelter, Hotels, Jewelry, Marketing, Research, Shelter, Spa, Watches, Wines/Spirits, Yachts
Tagged Auto, Cruises, Events, Fashion, Home/Shelter, Jeweler, Luxury, Luxury Marketing, Research, Spa, Super Rich, Top 0.1 Percent, UHNW, Ultra High Net Worth, Villas, Watches, Wines/Spirits
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Do the Super Rich only drive Lamborghini’s and Ferrari’s?
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The U.S. luxury auto market in 2013 accounted for 1,358,754 vehicles sold. ? At the same time, depending on whose research you…
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Seeing Deep Pockets at Sea
So you thought you had a bunch of bills to pay? We all know that feeling when we have to fix the deck or refurnish the basement. According to The 2013 (Super) Yacht Index published by Camper & … Continue reading
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Tagged Camper & Nicholsons, Luxury, Luxury Marketing, Marketing, Megayacht, Research, Super Rich, Superyacht, Superyacht News, UHNW, Ultra High Net Worth
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How far does $250,000 go?
In December 2010 The Washington Post engaged BDO USA to see how far a quarter million dollars pre-tax would go for a family of four living in selected affluent suburbs across the country. Keep in mind that while $250,000 does … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Research
Tagged Aspirational, Luxury, Luxury Marketing, Marketing, Mass Affluent, Research, Super Rich, UHNW, Ultra High Net Worth
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What does it take to be in the 1 Percent where you live?
The United States has 117 million households according to the latest U.S. Census Data. That would mean 1 percent of households represents 1.17 million households. The New York Times published an interactive map based on University of Minnesota data … Continue reading
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Tagged Aspirational, Luxury, Luxury Marketing, Marketing, Mass Affluent, Research, Super Rich, UHNW, Ultra High Net Worth
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Do the Super Rich only drive Lamborghinis and Ferraris?
The U.S. luxury auto market in 2013 accounted for 1,358,754 vehicles sold. At the same time, depending on whose research you look at Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) families (generally defined as having a Net Worth of at least $30 … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Research
Tagged Aspirational, Auto, Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Luxury, Luxury Auto, Luxury Marketing, Marketing, Mass Affluent, Research, Rolls Royce, Super Rich, UHNW, Ultra High Net Worth
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Doug Gollan: Selling to the Super Rich -- Ideas, Research and News for luxury marketers 