As part of its first installment of the Luxury Multichannel Engagement Index (LMEI) survey, the New York-based Luxury Institute asked wealthy consumers from households with minimum annual income of $150,000 to share opinions and rankings of online and in-store experiences at leading luxury retailers. Neiman Marcus earns the highest overall score and stands out for … Read more
What is affluence today? Money has a price, but time is priceless. The primary indicators of affluence are more subtle and harder for brands and individuals to detect, according to the newest global study from McCann Truth Central. “The Truth About Affluence” study is based on a quantitative 4,000-person online survey across 16 countries … Read more
London and Paris are Europe’s UHNW Cities. Nearly Half of Top 10 UHNW Cities Are in America. New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco are among the top 5 in Wealth-X‘s list of the world’s cities with the highest concentration of ultra high net worth (UHNW) individuals, defined as those with total net assets … Read more
Five-Year Trend Shows High Net Worth Population and Wealth Growth in Asia-Pacific Far Outpacing Other Regions. Asia-Pacific is poised to become largest wealth market as early as 2014, finds the Asia-Pacific Wealth Report 2013 (APWR), published byCapgemini and RBC Wealth Management. The population and wealth of Asia-Pacific’s high net worth individuals (HNWIs) increased at … Read more
More young money enters the real estate market. A new survey by Coldwell Banker Previews International and the Luxury Institute finds that Wealthy younger buyers are driving the luxury real estate market, and they are willing to pay more than similar wealthy buyers age 55 and older. According to the survey of Americans age 21 … Read more
World’s ultra wealthy population reaches all-time record. During the past year, the world’s UHNW population reached an all-time high of 199,235 individuals and a combined wealth of US$27.8 trillion, according to latest Wealth-X and UBS World Ultra Wealth Report dedicated to the most commercially significant segment today – the ultra wealthy. The total wealth … Read more