Category Archives: Fashion

Danziger: Mass Affluent Want Austerity, Simplicity, Financial Security

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Doug Gollan

Pam Danziger is the author of “Putting the Luxe Back in Luxury.” I first came to know of her a couple years after we launched Elite Traveler, probably around 2003, when a Chanel executive recommended I check out her research. … Continue reading →

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UHNWs Shell Out Big Money For Private Concerts

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Doug Gollan

The Super Rich seem to have no problem spending into the millions for 60 minutes of enjoyment when marketers create awareness and desire.  Look at your favorite rock star.   Greg Furman, the former CMO of Bergdorf Goodman who founded … Continue reading →

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A Tale Of Two Lifestyles: The $250,000 Household vs. The Superyacht Life

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Doug Gollan

A few days ago Roxanne Genier contributed a column based on her tenure working aboard superyachts, and she gave several examples of spending she observed. The Washington Post similarly did a study of families living in affluent suburbs of New … Continue reading →

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What Do Billionaires Want?

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Doug Gollan

Ledbury Research on behalf of Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) recently published a Billionaires Study in which they dredged through any information they could find on 250 of these 10 digit wonders from China, Middle East and Russia in an effort … Continue reading →

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What’s the Best Media to Market Luxury?

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Doug Gollan

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 →

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Do The Super Rich Know What You Are Selling?

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Doug Gollan

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 →

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The Top 0.1 Percent Spent $214 Billion on Lifestyle and Luxury in 2013

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Doug Gollan

  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 →

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