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Luxury Marketers Are Losing Their Grip On The Super Rich, Says Boston Consulting Group

Acquisition of new ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) consumers will be key to building sales for luxury brands as they adapt to the new normal of annual growth in the 3-5 percent range, down from 8-10 percent during the halcyon days of the … Continue reading

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“Secrets Of Selling To The Super Rich” Is Ranked #1 on Amazon New Releases

  If you are involved in selling or marketing luxury products to Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) customers, you’ll want to read “Secrets of Selling to the Super Rich,” featuring in-depth interviews with top sellers of private jets, jewelry, watches, … Continue reading

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New Things I Learned About Marketing To The Super Rich Online

  First of all, to clarify, the generally accepted definition of Super Rich is to have assets or net worth of at least $30 million. While some researchers put it at $50 million, and others say $25 million. These vagaries … Continue reading

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Why Oxfam’s Latest Research Is A Must Read For Luxury Marketers

Oxfam’s latest research gives some great insights for luxury marketers on media. Continue reading

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The Chinese Visitor: Are Luxury Brands Losing Control Of Their CRM to Salespeople?

Luxury brands are losing control of their CRM database of Chinese visitors by not having a dedicate WeChat platform. Continue reading

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How Do The Super Rich Spend Their Money? Ask An Asset Manager!

The below is analysis of how the Ultra High Net Worth consumer spends his or her money. While clearly there are many variations, the document is well sourced. It was put together by an Asset Manager, Will Wister, who has … Continue reading

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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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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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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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In Search of Super Rich Customers? We Think You’ll Be Surprised…

Luxury marketers who want to capture their share of the $234 billion that 211,275 Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) families spend annually on fashion, accessories, automobiles, jewelry, watches, home furnishings, wine and spirits need to look far and wide based … 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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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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UHNWs Shell Out Big Money For Private Concerts

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

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?

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?

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?

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

  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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