Tag Archives: Luxury Marketing

Part 2: What Luxury Marketers Can Learn From President Trump

Having an UHNW President provides luxury marketers some unique opportunities to learn about selling to the super rich. 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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Surprising Passions Of The Super Rich: What Do They Mean For Luxury Marketers?

What do the Super Rich do when they aren’t overseeing their various business interests?   Luxury marketers have long tried to figure it out, trying to craft partnerships with groups and organizations that they felt would effectively position their offerings … Continue reading

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What Luxury Marketers Can Learn From Proctor & Gamble

  Each year in Cannes, leaders from the advertising industry gather to award each other and discuss how the role of advertising continues to evolve.  Truthfully, there is not a lot of room in global advertising for luxury, except with … 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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“I Can’t Think Of Anything To Write, So Why Not Bash Rich People I Don’t Know”

  Her mom Jane Gordon was a gossip columnist for the Sunday Mirror.**  Gossip columnist, of course, is one of the stranger realities of journalism. It’s a symbiotic relationship where for the most part, the people one is revealing tawdry … Continue reading

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How Do The Super Rich Make Their Money?

In December I launched an e-newsletter for private jet owners focused on travel. To do so, I needed to build a database of owners, no easy task.   But first let me clarify. When I say jet owners, it also … 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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Gallup: Mass Affluent Cutting Back On Spending

The question of what’s rich came up again this week when Gallup this week published the results of a new survey. From my perspective, it once again underscores the precarious position for luxury marketers who don’t have comprehensive marketing strategies … Continue reading

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Why Being A Millionaire Doesn’t Mean Much In The Business Of Luxury

New research by Shullman Research Center underscores that single digit millionaires and entry level 1 percenters are not the huge luxury spenders found in the UHNW segment. Continue reading

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Marketing To The Super Rich Is More Complicated Than Knowing Where They Go

Robert Frank is one of the foremost trackers of the Super Rich. The New York Times is the paper of record.  Wealth-X is one of the best sources of market information about where the Ultra High Net Worth are from, … Continue reading

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For Luxury Marketers, A Canary In The Coal Mine. But Which Way To Clear Air?

If you don’t follow the sales numbers of new private jets and the companies that make them, you probably missed that both Embraer and Bombardier, two conglomerates that as part of their portfolios manufacture private jets, both cited the segment … Continue reading

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The Super Rich, Luxury Watches and the Internet. What’s the future?

There are 630,000 online searches every day for 62 luxury watch brands, according to a new report issued by Digital Luxury Group on the eve of the BaselWorld 2015.  The activity translates to about 230 million searches annually. If one considers that … 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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What Does Oxfam Data Mean For Luxury Marketers?

According to Oxfam wealthiest 1 percent of adults will soon control over 50 percent of world wealth. While there are many social implications, there are also implications for luxury brands. In other words, which segments of the world’s consumers have … 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 Switzerland Tourism and Watchmakers The Super Rich Are Wanted NOW…  

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) decision today to uncap its currency against the Euro means watch prices are increasing by as much as 20 percent, according to Su Jia Xian, a watch collector based in Singapore whose respected blog SJX … 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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