All posts tagged luxury brands

Black Friday Is a Different Ball Game for Luxury Brands

For the majority of the population, Black Friday is an opportunity to score awesome deals on anything from enormous flat screen TVs to the latest kids’ toys to the latest styles. Starting at midnight on Thursday, anything you might find at the likes of Target or Best Buy or Macy’s is fair game. For your [...]

Hotel Del, You Can Kiss My $300 Goodbye

When you’re a famous seaside resort in California, $300 a year may seem like peanuts. But for me, it’s an extravagance. It is one of the few luxuries I allow myself regularly – not a night at the Hotel del Coronado, which is 3,000 miles away, but the scent of Hotel del Coronado. More specifically, [...]

Retro Ad of the Week: Christian Dior, Late 1970′s

Throughout the years, fashion brands have failed (at least in their print ads) to recognize that it is their consumers that own the brand. Usually you see a supermodel or an actress, clad in whatever brand is featured, and a line of copy about where the latest piece is available. This Dior ad stands out because [...]

How Some Top Luxury Brands Got Their Names

Have you ever wondered how some of the top luxury brands in the world got their names?  Take a look at the list below – you’ll be surprised at how some of them came to be. Audi – Based on the surname of company founder August Horch, which means “hear” in German. “Audi” is the [...]

Mercedes Owners Win Big at the U.S. Open

They say jealousy is the sincerest form of flattery. In marketing it’s the Holy Grail. It’s one thing to make a consumer desire your product, but making consumers jealous of those who already own your product is an achievement few brands can claim. For example, I love Oreos, but I’ve never once seen someone else [...]

Luxury Brands Rock Instagram

A recent study done by Simply Measured, a company specializing in social media analytics, reported that 40% of Top Brands (Interbrand’s Top 100) are using Instagram. What’s more, the most active brands on the list are luxury brands. It’s not surprising that brands like BMW, Hermes and Tiffany have found an affinity for a social media vehicle that centers around [...]

Retro Ad of the Week: Grace Cruise Lines, 1938

What makes you want to relax, soak up the tropical sun, and explore exotic lands? Why, pirates, of course. They don’t want to ransack your cabin or anything like that — they’re just trying to figure out how to play ping-pong. What any of that has to do with luxury cruising is beyond me. Even [...]

Outdoor: Everybody Sees It, Even the Rich

When it comes to reaching the wealthy, luxury brands are often careful about who is seeing their message. Because of this, print tends to be a very significant part of a luxury brand’s media buy, due to the ability to target niches and groups of especially wealthy people. And while many affluent brands are taking [...]

Lower Income Affluents: They’re Baaaack!

If you own or run a hotel, cookware company, fashion house, or a restaurant, you may be nodding your head in agreement. According to Unity Marketing, these are the places where spending has been up this year among what they call HENRYs (High Earners Not Rich Yet) — those with incomes from $100,000 to $249,000. [...]

Numbers are Hardly Exquisite, Mandarin

In fact, they’re pretty boring. Especially compared to your brand. Which is why I keep wondering why you would be running a 365 Reasons campaign on Facebook for your New York operation, one of the top rated luxury hotels in the city. I have to say — I’m not a fan. Considering your status, I’m assuming you’re [...]