Meet the “Considered Consumer” of High-End Home Brands

5 questions to ask in order to meet the growing trend of planned purchasing.   As more and more consumers carefully plan their major purchases, marketers of high-end home brands need to adapt accordingly. Research shows that affluent consumers are thinking more carefully before buying. Indeed, nearly half of consumer spending (non-food) is now carefully […]

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How to Find Your Flow When the Market Doesn’t Grow

Premium Goods Trends

  The ever-developing high-end goods market calls us back to our instincts   Growth in high-end home sales may have slowed, bringing the premium goods market with it, but that doesn’t mean you should slow your marketing. If you’re reading between the lines, you already know that double-digit growth, year after year, isn’t something you […]

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Aspirations of the Millennial Homeowner

And how they will impact high-end brands To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to. That simple quote from Gibran helps me understand what’s going on in the housing market with Millennials. A couple of years ago, I theorized that […]

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What High-End Home Brands Can Learn from Mapping the Customer Experience

Understanding the path to purchase can make you a more effective marketer.   The customer path to purchase is a fascinating journey. In the high-end home category, where prices command a premium and purchase cycles are inherently long, the path to purchase can be filled with equal parts anxiety and anticipation for consumers. That’s why […]

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Getting your brand back on top.

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Once it became clear that we would be spending months at home, Affluents wasted no time investing in their spaces. Almost every affluent we’ve talked to made some significant changes to their homes – from adding on outdoor spaces and major remodels to updating paint and purchasing new furniture. And data shows that they were […]

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Twists and Turns Along the High-End Home Brand Path to Purchase

It’s critical to pay attention to your evolving purchase process.   What sets high-end home brands apart from consumer packaged goods and other low-cost home-related items are, of course, price and purchase cycle. When a consumer is considering renovating a kitchen with $150,000 in new appliances, cabinetry, flooring and countertops, she is going to be […]

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