Australia wins top accolades in Travel + Leisure

Australia wins top accolades in Travel + Leisure Australia Wins Top Accolades In Travel + Leisure 2012 World’s Best Awards Readers’ Survey   Australia received several top accolades in Travel + Leisure 2012 World’s Best Awards Readers’ Survey including notoriety for their No. 1 rankings in the Australia, New Zealand, and South Pacific region in … Read more

Most dog owners think their own dogs are better trained than the average dog

Most dog owners think their own dogs are better trained than the average dog. Dogs who had been socialised as puppies are easier to train as they grow up. These two interesting findings were revealed by a new survey conducted by UK based online pet retailer Pet365. The UK retailer surveyed 1,000 pet owners to … Read more

Nordstrom, Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys New York ranks first in luxury for wealthy shoppers: survey

  Nordstrom Ranks First in Luxury for Wealthy Shoppers; High-End Retailer Earns Top Scores on Multiple Measures of Customer Experience and Loyalty   Wealthy U.S. shoppers earning at least $150,000 a year rank Nordstrom highest among luxury retailers in the 2012 Luxury Consumer Experience Index (LCEI) survey by the independent New York-based Luxury Institute. LCEI … Read more

Pet’s wellbeing can trump that of others. Pet spending is recession-proof: survey

Three-in-four (75 percent) pet owners say that the state of the economy doesn’t affect how much money they spend on their pets, according to a new survey. Twelve percent report they spend $101 or more per month on their pets, while more than one in five (21 percent) said they spend $51-$100 per month on … Read more

Attitudes on aging: Memory, eyesight and weight management are the top aging-related concerns: survey

WealthSurvey: Age Obsession Most Wealthy Americans Concerned About Maintaining Memory, Eyesight and Weight as They Age; Women Worry About Wrinkles as Much as Health, but Few Go for Cosmetic Surgery or Botox Luxury Institute, in cooperation with skincare brand RéVive, asked U.S. consumers age 30 and older from households with minimum annual income of $150,000 … Read more

Global Cities – Sources of power. Which cities are considered the most important to the world’s high-net-worth individuals?

To gauge which cities are considered the most important to the world’s high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), Frank Knight’s “Wealth Report 2012” surveyed Citi Private Bank’s wealth advisors around the world and Knight Frank’s global network of luxury property specialists. The survey asked which are the most important cities to their clients now, which will be the … Read more