They are not all same (Part 2): Differences in Asian Luxury Consumption
Monday, 29 June 2015
by Paurav Shukla
In the part 1, I discussed how many luxury brands are failing across Asia as they treat Asian consumers as a homogeneous group and how it led my co-authors and I to examine this phenomenon in-depth. Using the value perceptions framework and theory of impression management, we discovered some very interesting differences among consumers
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Announcement: 2011 MAG Scholar Conference
Thursday, 06 May 2010
by Paurav Shukla
For those of you who are researching the Asian economies, this is an interesting chance to participate in the debate. The ‘Marketing in Asia Group’ (MAG) is organizing the 2011 MAG Scholar Conference in Christchurch, New Zealand. MAG consists of more than 400 researchers from all over the world and this conference will be a
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The local dimension of luxury
Monday, 01 March 2010
by Paurav Shukla
[podcast]http://www.pauravshukla.com/podcast/local-luxury.mp3[/podcast] Recently, I was re-reading the book ‘luxury brand management’ wherein the authors – Chevalier and Mazzalovo – suggest three criteria to classify a luxury item: (a) strong artistic content; (b) unique craftsmanship and (c) international reputation. While I agree that the artistic content and craftsmanship is what differentiates most luxury product and brands from
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Asia, Brand management, Brighton, Business, conspicuous, France, Gujarat, India, Luxury good, Luxury marketing, marketing, status
Massification of Luxury: the Chinese Invasion
Sunday, 31 January 2010
by Paurav Shukla
[podcast]http://www.pauravshukla.com/podcast/luxurychina.mp3[/podcast] Analysts world over have been writing about luxury consumption among the Chinese consumers. Few have also discussed the issues of Chinese luxury brands aimed at global consumers including ‘Shanghai Tang’ and ‘LaVie’. However, there is little discussion on how slowly but steadily Chinese entrepreneurs are acquiring or taking over Western luxury brands. This post
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Add new tag, Asia, Business, China, Fashion, Hong Kong, Luxury good, Luxury marketing, marketing, massification, Savile Row, World War II
Status (luxury) consumption among British and Indian consumers
Saturday, 09 January 2010
by Paurav Shukla
[podcast]http://www.pauravshukla.com/podcast/status1.mp3[/podcast] Recently one of my research papers got published in the ‘International Marketing Review’. It focused on comparing the status consumption tendencies of British and Indian consumers. In this post, I shall focus on the findings of this study. Firstly, let me define what status consumption is and how it affects our behaviour? Researchers define
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