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JennAir’s New Brand and New Look for the Next Generation Luxury Home Owner

Whirlpool chose the recent Architectural Digest Design Show to introduce its new JennAir branding along with a full line of 70 appliances that express the new image. JennAir is at the “pinnacle of Whirlpool’s family of appliance brands,” says Jon Hall, JennAir marketing director, “where we have a responsibility to drive progress in appliances for the modern luxury […]

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Is a Wedding A Luxury too Few Millennials Can Afford?

It isn’t easy to succeed in today’s wedding market, as bankrupt bridal gown company Alfred Angelo and struggling David’s Bridal have discovered. Once an evergreen market where businesses could depend upon a steady demand for products and services, the wedding market hit the skids during the recession and has yet to recover. With a total […]

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How Gucci Cracked the Millennial Code of Luxury

Kering, the global luxury group with brands including Bottega Veneta, Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Brioni, Stella McCartney and others, is going gangbusters this year, with first three quarter 2017 revenues up 26.4% on reported basis over last year. Even in North America, which has been slow to advance for most luxury brands, posted a 20.7% uptick […]

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Millennial State of Mind Is Bringing New Life To Luxury Market

Bain & Company just released its predictions for the luxury market in 2017. It expects the overall luxury market, including both luxury goods and experiences, to post 5% growth this year to reach €1.2 trillion globally. After what it calls a “reboot” from 2015-2016, it sees the luxury market reaching a “new normal” of 4-5% annual […]

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Diamonds Disrupted: How Man-Made Diamonds Will Disrupt The Mined-Diamond Industry

The mined-diamond industry is mightily concerned that the rapidly growing man-made diamond industry is on a course to disrupt their business. At least that is the conclusion I draw from the Diamond Producers Association’s new marketing campaign “Real Is Rare.”  The DPA was organized in May 2015 by seven of the world’s leading diamond companies. Its new […]

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