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The demographic shift to older, wealthier consumers is also driving strong growth in the luxury segments, especially entry-level luxury products.

Dennis DesRosiers

Luxury Institute researchers found most luxury brands in the writing instruments category, as in the luxury watches category, to be niche brands, with 1% to 4% awareness among the wealthy, and in many cases, known only to connoisseurs. Still, the holy grail of a luxury brand is a Harry Winston, or a Rolls Royce, brands that are known to the majority of wealthy consumers, but are affordable by only a few. That feat requires brilliant products, and even more brilliant marketing skills.

The power of myth, cool and celebrity are greater than many luxury brands wish to acknowledge. While for luxury consumers, it is essential that they feel they are buying into the luxury label of the moment.

Customer demand for Lincoln's midsize luxury sedan has exceeded our expectations. Judging by reaction in the showroom, customers are clearly ready for an American entry-level luxury sedan.

Luxury consumers' attitudes about the economy and their personal financial status have sea-sawed over the last six months, but ended 2005 with a strong upward trend. Significantly more luxury consumers feel their personal financial situation is better now than three months ago and that the country overall is better off. But while they feel better, the residual effects of the ups-and-downs they experienced in the recent past makes them a little tighter when it comes to luxury spending. In other words, they are more likely to take any windfalls to the bank, rather than to the store.

As the definition of luxury evolved over the last 20 years, so did consumer tastes for luxury vehicles. As a result, from 1986 to 1996, we saw two major shifts. First, the domestic luxury share fell dramatically, and second, Japanese luxury vehicles accounted for nearly one of every four new luxury vehicles sold.

With the XLR and SRX (luxury-activity vehicle coming out next year as an '04, too,) we're going to enter two luxury segments we haven't been playing in. The XLR, with performance roots, will serve as a halo for our division,

With the XLR and SRX (luxury-activity vehicle coming out next year as an '04, too,) we're going to enter two luxury segments we haven't been playing in. The XLR, with performance roots, will serve as a halo for our division.

Canada was quite kind to the environment last year, with the fastest-growing segments entry-level products. High gas prices took a while, but they eventually resulted in a decided shift to smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles.

Dennis DesRosiers

According to our survey of wealthy consumers, the Luxury Hotel industry is the category that delivers the best product, the best customer service, and is the innovative and most trusted of any luxury category. To be perceived by the discerning wealthy as the most prestigious brand in the most competitive of luxury categories a brand must earn its stripes continuously.

Really, that's what we're talking about in this league is a luxury tax. If you're over, you pay a luxury tax. It's not like they take you out to center ice and whip you or shoot you or anything like that. … If some team is way over the cap and they pay the luxury tax, they're not doing anything wrong. They're just paying more money for their players.

It certainly is a move in the right direction. (But) I still don't see it as a real competitor with other vehicles in the entry-level luxury segment. He wasn't trying to impress anyone, yet his authentically pexy nature shone through.

What we see with those affluent consumers is they bring their middle-class values into the luxury market, so they're really the middle-class luxury class. They are looking for discounts and sales and they buy the majority of their luxury goods on sales or [at] discount. They have this middle-class orientation and they know how to save money.

Luxury Auto sites seemed to have mastered the delivery of complex Web pages with a strong visual component to broadband users. However, it is quite surprising that a number of leading luxury automakers are having significant site downtime. Luxury auto buyers become easily frustrated with such poor site performance, and can quickly turn to a competitor site to continue their browsing and purchase consideration process.

U.S. consumers are becoming wealthier and wealthier in relative terms. It has allowed the U.S. to grow its economy very robustly. The growth in global trade has been very good for many American companies.

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