Category Archives: Media

The Top 10 Things Rich People Buy

What do the Super Rich spend their money on? When we interviewed over 600 Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) private jet and fraction jet share owners for “The Sky’s the Limit: Marketing to the New Jet Set” Home Improvements was … Continue reading

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Will The Real Jeff Greene Please Stand Up. Why Getting A True View of the Super Rich is So Difficult

American billionaire Jeff Greene was in the news this past week. He flew to Davos on his private jet bringing along his family and two nannies. From Wikipedia, he came from a struggling middle class household: “His father ran a … Continue reading

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Understanding Super Rich Buying Personalities Is The Key To Selling More Luxury To The UHNWs

One thing that makes marketing luxury products and services to the Super Rich difficult is they are not a homogenous market. Depending on the research you look at as much as 90 percent are self-made.  You are as likely to … Continue reading

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UHNW Marketing 101: What are the levels of Super Rich?

First of all, the below is a reprint from Reddit user A1988eli.  However, I think it provides a very good overview on why when it comes to looking for heavy users of luxury goods and services, Income and Net Worth … Continue reading

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For The Titans Of Finance, Christmas Comes In The Spring

Black Friday.  Cyber Monday.  When most people think of the prime gift giving season, the Thanksgiving to Christmas dash with shopping carts stuffed full of video games, big screen televisions and coffee makers may come to mind.  And of course, … Continue reading

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The Surprising Passion Points of the Super Rich

Last Friday I was interviewing legendary travel agent Bill Fischer for a book I am working on called “Secrets of Selling to the Super Rich.” Earlier in the week another rendition of Art Basel Miami had just concluded where luxury brands … Continue reading

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Private Jet Charters Brought $867 Million To The Caribbean’s Top 10 Destinations Last Season

On the same day Unity Marketing issued its newest report that “(Mass) Affluents (under $400,000 household income) have new attitudes about their (limited) wealth and spending which translates into affluent austerity” private jet charter operator PrivateFly released an analysis of … Continue reading

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7 Insights About Marketing to the Super Rich

Having spent the first couple days of the week in Cannes, France at The International Luxury Travel Mart (#ILTM) I wish I had a Euro for each time the word experience or experiential was heard. Yes, I too would be … Continue reading

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Super Rich Luxury Spending Creates Over 5,000,000 Jobs….

Ronald Reagan may have been wrong when his Budget Director espoused the ‘trickle down’ theory of economics. The theory was money kept by the rich through lower taxes “trickled down” to the less rich stimulating the economy. When it comes … Continue reading

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The Super Rich Spent $234 Billion On Luxury; UHNWs Account For 19 Percent Of All Luxury Spending  

Some 211,275 Super Rich households spent $234 billion on luxury purchases last year, accounting for 19 percent of all global luxury spending, according to data just released by research firm Wealth-X. In a press interview Wealth-X President David Friedman said luxury brands … Continue reading

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What Do Billionaires and The Rest of Us Have in Common? Perhaps Your CRM System!

How well do you know your Super Rich customers? Do you use CRM? Do you track data about your billionaire customers in the same way you capture it from the rest of us who buy handbags and shirt pocket squares? … Continue reading

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Super Rich Folks Like To Mix With…

Turns out the Super Rich want to mix with, well, at least the next level of rich. Or at least some of the Super Rich do. When Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts launched around-the-world private jet tours with Seattle-based TCS … Continue reading

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Over $1 Trillion Sold: Appreciation of Craftsmanship or Unrestrained Consumption?

The global luxury industry sells over $1 trillion of handbags, shoes, cars, vacations, watches, suits, rings, bracelets and earrings a year, according to Bain & Co.   Is it appreciation of craftsmanship or just consumption?   Has the luxury industry … Continue reading

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New Trends Threaten To Shake Up Buying Habits Of Aspirational Luxury Consumers

What does the next wave of aspirational consumers want? How will they buy it? Where will their purveyors of luxury come from?   If the principal of retail design firm JGA is correct, a continental shift is ahead. Ken Nisch … Continue reading

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Danziger: Mass Affluent Want Austerity, Simplicity, Financial Security

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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How Much Does It Cost To Charter A Yacht — After You Pay For The Charter?

The Median Household Income in the United States is $51,371. A step higher the Ipsos Affluent Survey identifies some 59 million “affluent” Americans in its annual research, defined as households that make at least $100,000 per year. The Median income … Continue reading

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How Do You Tap Into The Next Generation of Super Rich Collectors?

The next generation of the Super Rich are growing up.  Scions of the fortune makers of the past 30 years are coming into their own.  Recently I was able to contribute to Taking the Reins: Insights into the World of … Continue reading

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Three Easy Ideas On How Luxury Brands Can Improve Their Connections To Customers and Prospects

  The Luxury Marketing Council is a 20-year old “by-invitation-only” boutique group with 43 chapters worldwide and over 5,000 CEOs and CMOs representing companies targeting High Net Worth/Ultra High Net Worth consumers. The brainchild of former Bergdorf Goodman, NYSE and … Continue reading

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The Long Tail of UHNWs

Conventional wisdom says global capitals are the hang out for the Ultra High Net Worth (Net Worth of $30 million +) and their families. And certainly, these are places many of them travel with some frequency. I’ve recently been speaking … Continue reading

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Valuing Visitors To Your Destination: Say It With Flowers  

  How much is a typical visitor worth to the places they visit?   According to the World Travel & Tourism Council, global tourism accounts for one out of every 10 jobs, meaning the stakes are high. Yet, all visitors … Continue reading

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