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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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Anything Worth Having Is Worth Waiting For: The Myth of Instant Gratification

Ask shoppers what they want and you’ll find they want it all — good quality products, wide selection, low prices — and they want it all now. That is the reason that Amazon.com gives every other retailer fits because in the first of those three wants, Amazon pretty well beats all comers. On the last, instant gratification, […]

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Solving the Mystery of Marketing Luxury to Millennials

A new study from Deloitte, the international consulting and financial advisory firm, helps unravel the prevailing mystery of how to market luxury to the millennials.  Entitled “Bling it on: What makes a millennial spend more,” it studied millennials and their attitudes and purchase motivations in the luxury market based upon a survey with over 1,000 millennials, […]

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New Book Helps Interior Designers Be as Exceptional Marketers, as They Are Designers

The traditional business of interior design has been disrupted by a rapidly growing range of competitors out to steal market share from designers’ elite clientele.  The most recent ASID Interior Design Outlook and State of the Industry report tellingly reveals the current harsh reality of the interior design industry. While the number of designers and design firms […]

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