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Testosterone Is the Hormone that Drives Men Wild for Luxury

Consistently in my research with luxury consumers, I have found men more predisposed than women to luxury purchases. They typically spend more on luxury goods and services than women in Unity Marketing surveys and are more willing to own interest in luxury consumption in interviews and other qualitative research. I’ve attributed these gender differences in […]

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Key to Success in Marketing to Millionaires: Know Them

By any measure, the number of Americans that can claim millionaire status is rising, and rising rapidly. No matter how it is measured, whether by total net worth (including homes and other assets) or by financial assets alone, there are many more people living the life of luxury, or at the least, a life free […]

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De Beers Launches Lab-Grown Diamonds: Response to Demand or Move to Dominate the Market?

After years of disavowing the authenticity of man-made diamonds grown in a laboratory, De Beers has suddenly seen the light and responded to consumer demand by offering a lab-grown diamond alternative under the Lightbox Jewelry name. That is what the company would have you believe in its recent announcement that advancements in technology have now made it […]

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Is Subscription Marketing in Your Plans? Industry Veteran, Georg Richter, Shows the Way

Subscription-based marketing seems like the latest and greatest new business-building idea. With exciting startups showing the way, including companies like Ipsy and Birchbox in beauty, Blue Apron and HelloFresh in meals, Dollar Shave Club and Harry’s for men’s shaving products and Stitch Fix and Trunk Club in fashion, subscription-based marketing appears to be the ticket to […]

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High-End Homes Not Flying So High: Disruption in the Luxury Real Estate Market

Zillow predicts that 2018 will shape up to be an even hotter real estate market than in 2017. An analysis conducted by Zillow Research, a division of Zillow Group that operates the Zillow real estate marketplace, found that homes sold faster than ever in 2017 largely due to shrinking inventory. Buyers will be constrained by […]

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