What luxury brands consistently get wrong about positioning
Most luxury repositioning efforts fail not in execution, but in ambition. We examine the three errors we see repeatedly — and what genuine repositioning requires.
Luxury brand strategy insights.
We publish when we have something to say — which means we do not publish often. The upside: everything here is genuine thinking, not content marketing dressed as insight.
What happens before a brand looks like anything
Before a colour is chosen or a logo sketched, weeks of structured research determine whether the investment will compound or collapse. It is the invisible foundation that separates brands that hold from brands that erode.
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Why luxury brands are losing their digital edge — and how to close the gap
Your website is the room your prospects walk into before they meet you. Most luxury brands have furnished it like a waiting room.
In luxury, dissatisfied clients don’t complain. They leave
The silence is the signal. Luxury clients who are disappointed do not raise a complaint — they quietly disengage. Designing for this reality changes everything.
Why brand standards fail in the field — and how to fix it
Most brand standards documents are written to satisfy a strategy process, not to guide frontline behaviour. The gap between document and delivery is where brand equity disappears.
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Group CEO, boutique hospitality group