“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain,” says the Wizard in an iconic scene from the classic Wizard of Oz. As Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion stand in awe of the wizard’s image projected on the big screen, complete with pyrotechnic special effects of flashing lights, booming thunder, fire and smoke, […]
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RSS feed for this sectionLuxury Marketing’s Higher Calling – from the 4Ps to the 4Es
In 2013, the American Marketing Association changed the definition of marketing. It went from the old 4Ps definition which most of us practicing marketers were drilled in: Product, Price, Promotion, Placement, to a new one based upon the idea of value: Judging from the sorry state of business today – the closing of 100 Macy’s […]
What Makes a Brand Luxury? Why Montblanc & Shinola both earn the title
In a recent blog post, I posed the question, New Luxury, Old Luxury; Real Luxury, Faux Luxury – What’s a Brand to Do? It got me thinking more about what exactly makes a brand ‘luxury.’ To research the question, I happened upon a section from my book, Putting the Luxe Back in Luxury: How new […]
Luxury Daily’s Luxury FirstLook 2017: Time for Luxury 2.0 meeting
Join me Wednesday January 18, 2017 at 10 on the Park at Time Warner Center, Columbus Circle, for a deep-dive into the changing market for luxury. My talk will open the meeting: Luxury Market Outlook 2017: Disruption, Change and Reinvention Why should disruption surprise any of us? Why does the rapid rate of business change, which […]
New Luxury, Old Luxury; Real Luxury, Faux Luxury — What’s a Brand to Do?
The latest news cycle has revealed chasms growing in the land of luxury: In late July, LVMH, home of storied Louis Vuitton brand, reported that first half 2016 sales of its flagship fashion and leather luxury goods segment dropped .8% from same period last year. Then, on the cusp of NY Fashion Week, Tim Gunn […]