Tag Archives: Top 0.1 Percent

“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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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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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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Stupidity Tops The Charts As MTV Mistakenly Reports The Super Rich “Are Responsible for Half of the World’s Carbon Emissions”

Rae Paoletta is a “dreamer, news junkie, knowledge sponge” who is some type of writer or journalist for MTV. She also Tweets as @MTVIssues where “We tell stories that are changing the world and we just have a lot of … 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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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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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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The Secrets Of Four Seasons’ Super Service

  If you stay at a Four Seasons you may have wondered the secrets to providing great service in a diverse portfolio of more than 90 hotels and resorts spanning over 30 countries.   Service is so important J. Allen … Continue reading

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Do You Sell Products or Services to the Super Rich? So Do We…

Are you involved in selling, servicing or marketing products or services for the Super Rich? Then please join my new group on Linkedin “Selling to the Super Rich” https://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=8180972&trk=anet_ug_hm   Who are the Super Rich? The go by different terms: … 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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What Does Concentration of Wealth Mean To Luxury Marketers?

  If anyone has a question that wealth is concentrated at the top, the 2014 Capgemini RBC Wealth Management World Wealth Report gives a nice breakout for marketers who are looking for deep pocked consumers. It re-enforces that even among … 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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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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When It Comes To Visiting Kids At Camp Or Taking Them To College, More Wealthy Families Are Flying Privately

Wheels Up is a company founded by serial entrepreneur Kenny Dichter who started MarquisJet, pioneer of the 25-hour jet card in 2001. By presenting private jet travel as a lifestyle choice (get home in time to see your kid’s soccer … 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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