Does competitive intelligence help improve bottomline? This post answers this question based on one of our recent research studies.

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What is your Chinese New Year luxury strategy?

by Paurav Shukla on January 17, 2012

“The US is luxury’s largest market. Japan still remains a large luxury market in terms of absolute size. However, China is the true star of the region” – Claudia D’Arpizio (Bain & Co. Analyst)   China: the luxury market for present and future While the high-end luxury goods market is stagnant or decelerating for many [...]

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What makes a good luxury brand great?

by Paurav Shukla on December 8, 2011

The article discusses why some luxury brands become larger than life and are called great while others can’t seem to break the barrier.

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Comparing the luxury brand value

by Paurav Shukla on October 24, 2011

Luxury brands are bought in different countries for different values. This study evaluates those values consumers consider and provides a comparison between Indian and British luxury consumers.

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Marketing luxury brands is significantly trickier than regularly purchased brands. In this regards, many luxury brands from Europe seem to be stepping up a new kind of luxury marketing activity – exhibitions in prominent museums. For example, “Inspiration Dior” exhibition at the Pushkin Museum, Moscow; “Culture Chanel” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai; and [...]

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Luxury branding: back to basics

by Paurav Shukla on May 19, 2011

When using luxury brands consumers make a subtle claim that they are special, different and at the very forefront of social trends. Therefore, creating a fit between the social trends and keeping up with them is one of the critical strategic issues for all luxury brands. However, with mass-market brands gradually upgrading their appearance, strategic [...]

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Tomorrow is a very important day for British citizens when we shall decide our next voting system – labelled as the Alternative Vote (AV). Presently, we use a simple voting system called ‘First past the post’ (FPTP). In this system, the candidate who has won the most amount of votes is the winner. So, lets [...]

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The article provides empirical evidence as to how others can influence purchase of luxury goods in different markets and suggests strategic managerial implications.

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While luxury brands spend significant amount of budget on branding, there is no empirical evidence as to is the investment really paying off from consumers’ perspective. This articles explores the influence of luxury brand origin and brand image on consumer decision making for luxury brands.

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Luxury brands & interpersonal influences

by Paurav Shukla on November 19, 2010

The article discusses the importance of interpersonal influences in consumption decision and why it is important in the context of luxury however has not been tested till date. Provides avenues of how it can be explored in the case of luxury.

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