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Home Luxury Report 2007: The Ultimate Guide to the Luxury Consumer Market for Home Luxury Marketers,The


Published Date: May 2007
Published By: Unity Marketing Inc.
Page Count: 174
Order Code: R395-76
 
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Chapter 1 — About the Luxury Market
• Figure 1: Leading Luxury Marketers Revenues, 2003-2006
Some 32.5 million Households Rank among the Nation's Top 25 percent
• Figure 2: Number of Households by Income, 2004 & 2005
Number of Households at the Highest Income Levels Are Growing Fastest
• Figure 3: Total number of affluent households
Demographics of the Top 25 Percent of Americans
• Figure 4: Household income by age, 2005
Affluents Make More, Spend More and Save More
• Figure 5: Annual expenditures, 2005: Average U.S. households compared with affluent
Trends in Affluence
• Figure 6: Ages of Affluence, number of affluent households 40 and under and over 40 years old
Lifestage Changes Impacts the Luxury Market
• Figure 7: Triggers for luxury purchases, 2006 & proj. 2007 (Source: Luxury Tracking, 4Q06)
Luxury Consumers’ Plans for Home Changes Reduced from 2005
• Figure 8: Home Changes 2005 (2Q2005 Luxury Tracking), 2006 and proj.2007
Luxury Consumers Rose from Middle-class Backgrounds
• Figure 9: Financial status of family of origin (Luxury Tracking, 2Q04)
New Luxury Market Paradigm — From Things to Experiences
Experiences Provide the Greatest Luxury Satisfaction
• Figure 10: Source of Greatest Luxury Satisfactions (1Q2006 Luxury Tracking)
• Figure 11: Sources of Greatest Luxury Satisfation by income
Chapter 2 — Luxury Market Topline Findings. 2005 & 2006
Luxury consumer spending declines in 4Q2006
• Figure 12: Luxury Consumption Index thru 4Q2006
Luxury Consumers’ Feelings of Financial Well-Being
• Figure 13: Financial Well Being
Luxury Consumers and Reported Spending Trends
• Figure 14: Luxury Spending Trends Past Twelve Months
Luxury Consumers and Their Spending Expectations
• Figure 15: Expected Spending on Luxury Next 12 Months
Luxury Consumers’ Confidence in Financial Health of the Country
• Figure 16: Overall Financial Health of Country
Luxury Consumers Confident of Their Personal Ability to Handle Economic Turmoil
• Figure 17: Financial Prospects Next Twelve Months
Total Luxury Purchase Incidence
• Figure 18: Overall Luuxry Purchase Incidence (All Affluent Consumers)
Luxury Purchase Incidence, 2006 & 2005
• Figure 19: Luxury Purchase Incidence
Luxury Consumers’ Average Spending Increases in 2006
• Figure 20: Average Spending on Luxury
Luxury Spending by Income Segments in 2006
• Figure 21: Luxury Spending by Income Segment
Luxury Spending by Income Segments 2005 and Comparison 2006
• Figure 22: Luxury Spending by Income Segment 2005 and comparison 2005 to 2006
In 2006, Young Affluents Out Spent Older Luxury Consumers
• Figure 23: Luxury Spending by Age - 40 and Under and Over 40
Men Spent More than Women in 2006
• Figure 24: Luxury Spending by Gender
Luxury Consumers Remain Value-Oriented
• Figure 25: Most Recent Luxury Purchase Bought on Sale or at a Discount (4Q2006 Luxury Tracking)
Luxury Market Reached $834.9 Billion in 2006
• Figure 26: Luxury Market Potential
Non-Store Retailers Continue Their Vital Role in Luxury Shopping while Department Stores Stay the Favorite
• Figure 27: Where People Shopped for Home and Personal Luxuries
Nordstrom Takes Lead as Luxury Shoppers’ Favorite Luxury Department Store and Target Is Tops for Mass and Discount Stores
• Figure 28: Store Brand Usage for Any Luxury Shopping
Luxury Consumers’ Favorite Magazines
• Figure 29: Luxury Consumers Favorite Magazines
Chapter 3 — Home Luxuries
Overall Home Luxury Purchase Incidence Up Slightly Over Previous Quarter
• Figure 30: Home Purchase Incidence
Luxury Shoppers Spent More on Home Luxuries in 2006 Compared to 2005
• Figure 31: Home Luxury Spending
Luxury Home Consumers Shop More Online in 4Q2006
• Figure 32: Where Luxury Consumers Shopped for Home Luxuries
Art & Antiques — Purchase Details
Type of Art and Antiques Bought
• Figure 33: Type of Art Bought
Amount Spent on Art & Antiques
Where People Shopped for Luxury Art & Antiques
• Figure 34: Art & Antiques Shopping Choices
Art & Antiques Brand Usage
• Figure 35: Art, Sculpture & Art Retail Brand Usage
Key Influencers for Art & Antiques Purchases
• Figure 36: Art & Antique Key Influencers for Purchase (2Q2006 Luxury Tracking)
Type of Electronics Bought
• Figure 37: Type of Electronics Bought
Amount Spent on Luxury Electronics & Photography Equipment
Where People Shopped for Luxury Electronics & Photography Equipment
• Figure 38: Electronics & Photography Shopping Choices
Electronics & Photography Equipment Brand Usage
• Figure 39: Electronics & Photography Brand Purchase
Key Influencers for Electronics & Photography Purchases
• Figure 40: Electronic & Photography Key Influencers for Purchase (2Q2006 Luxury Tracking)
Home Decorating Fabrics, Window & Wall Coverings — Purchase Details
Type of Home Decorating Fabrics, Window & Wall Coverings Bought
• Figure 41: Type of Home Decor Fabrics, Window & Wall Coverings Bought 61
Amount Spent on Home Decorating Fabrics, Window & Wall Coverings
Where People Shopped for Luxury Home Decorating Fabrics, Window and Wall Coverings
• Figure 42: Home Decorating Fabrics, Windows & Wall Coverings Shopping Choices
Key Influencers for Home Decorating Fabric, Window & Wall Coverings Purchases
• Figure 43: Home Decor Fabrics, Wall & Window Covering Key Influencers for Purchase (2Q2006 Luxury Tracking)
Furniture, Lamps & Floor Coverings — Purchase Details
Type of Furniture, Lamps & Floor Coverings Bought
• Figure 44: Type of Furniture, Lamps, Floor Coverings Bought
Amount Spent on Furniture, Lamps and Floor Coverings
Where People Shopped for Luxury Furniture, Lamps and Floor Coverings
• Figure 45: Furniture, Lamps, Floor Coverings Shopping Choices
Key Influencers for Furniture, Lamps, Floor Coverings & Rug Purchases
• Figure 46: Furniture, Lamps & Rug Key Influencers for Purchase (2Q2006 Luxury Tracking)
Garden, Outdoor, Lawn & Patio Products — Purchase Details
Type of Garden/Outdoor Bought
• Figure 47: Type of Garden/Outdoor Living Luxuries Bought
Amount Spent on Garden
Where People Shopped for Luxury Garden, Outdoor, Lawn, & Patio Products
• Figure 39: Garden, Outdoor, Patio, Lawn Shopping Choices
Kitchenware, Cookware & Housewares — Purchase Detail
Type of Kitchenware, Cookware & Housewares Bought
• Figure 48: Type of Kitchenware, Cookware, Housewares Bought
Amount Spent on Kitchenware, Cookware & Housewares
Where People Shopped for Luxury Kitchenware, Cookware, Housewares
• Figure 49: Kitchenware, Cookware, Housewares Shopping Choices
Key Influencers for Kitchenware, Cookware and Cooks’ Tools Purchases
• Figure 50: Kitchenware, Cookware, Cooks Tools Key Influencers for Purchase (2Q2006)
Kitchen Appliances, Bath & Building Products — Purchase Details
Type of Kitchen Appliances, Bath & Building Products Bought
• Figure 51: Type of Kitchen Appliances, Bath & Building Products Bought
Amount Spent on Kitchen Appliances
Where People Shopped for Luxury Kitchen Appliances, Bath and Building Products
• Figure 52: Kitchen Appliances, Bath & Building Products Shopping Choices 73
Key Influencers for Kitchen Appliance, Bath and Building Products Purchases
• Figure 53: Kitchen Appliances, Bath & Building Products Key Influencers for Purchase (2Q2006)
Linens & Bedding Products — Purchase Details
Type of Linens and Bedding Bought
• Figure 54: Types of Linens & Bedding Bought
Amount Spent on Linens and Bedding
Where People Shopped for Luxury Linens & Bedding Products
• Figure 55: Linens & Bedding Shopping Choices
Key Influencers for Linens & Bedding Purchases
• Figure 56: Linens & Bedding Key Influencers for Purchase (2Q2006 Luxury Tracking)
Tabletop, Dinnerware, Flatware, Servingware — Purchase Details
Type of Tabletop Purchased
• Figure 57: Type of Tabletop Purchased
Details: Crystal & Glassware
• Figure 58: Type of Crystal and Glassware Purchased
Details: Dinnerware
• Figure 59: Type of Dinnerware Purchased
Details: Silverware
• Figure 60: Type of Silverware Purchased
Amount Spent on Tabletop
Where People Shopped for Luxury Tabletop Products
• Figure 61: Tabletop Shopping Choices
Tabletop Brand Usage
• Figure 62: Tabletop Brand Awareness & Usage
Key Influencers for Tabletop Purchases
• Figure 63: Tabletop Key Influencers for Purchase (2Q2006 Luxury Tracking)
Chapter 4 — About Butterflies & Other Segments in Luxury Market
• Figure 64: Attitudes about Luxury
Segmentation Analysis of Luxury Market — Four Segments Identified in Luxury Market
• Figure 65: Luxury segmentation analysis mean values
Butterflies Emerge as Largest Luxury Consumer Segment
• Figure 66: Field Guide to the Luxury Personalities
Luxury Cocooners are Still Enveloped in Their Luxury Cocoons
Cocooners Spend More on Home and Home-Focused Experiential Luxuries
Butterflies Have Emerged from Their Luxurious Cocoons
Butterflies Spend Freely on Luxury
Luxury Aspirers Have not yet Reached the Level of Luxury to Which They Aspire
Aspirers Don't Spend as much on Luxury
X-Fluents Live the Lifestyle of the ‘Rich and Famous’
X-Fluents Spend More on Luxury
Chapter 5 — About Luxury Consumers and Their Likelihood to Purchase Luxury vs. Ordinary Goods and Services
Majority of Luxury Consumers Trade Down Not Up to Luxury
Majority of luxury consumers trade down most often
• Figure 67: Purchase Luxury Regularly, Occasionally, Rarely by Product/Service Category
Ability to Spend for Luxury Doesn’t Translate into Willingness to Spend
• Figure 68: How Often Super-Affluent Luxury Consumers Indulge in Luxury. 99
Chapter 6 — About the Luxury Consumers' Home
Introduction
Typical Luxury Consumers’ Home Is Not All that Luxurious — Lots of Room for Major Home Improvements....102
• Figure 69: Size of Luxury Consumers' Homes, by income segment
• Figure 70: Luxury Consumers' Lot Size
Luxury Consumer Homes' Indoor Appointments
• Figure 71: Luxury Consumers Homes Indoor Appointments, including super-affluents
Luxury Consumers Homes' Outdoor Appointments
• Figure 72: Luxury Home Appointments — Outdoors
Luxuries They Have and Own
Luxury Toys
• Figure 73: Luxury "Toys"
Typical Luxury Consumer Owns about Two Sets of Fine Dinnerware
• Figure 74: Fine Dinnerware Owned
Most Own at Least One Luxury Watch
• Figure 75: Luxury Watch Ownership
Typical Luxury Consumer Owns One Luxury Automobile
• Figure 76: Number of Luxury Automobiles Owned
Chapter 7 — Luxury Consumers & the Internet
Luxury Internet Shoppers
Internet Widely Used to Research and Purchase
• Figure 77: Luxury Consumers' Use of the Internet
Entertainment and Recreation Lead Internet Purchases
• Figure 78: Kinds of Products and Services Bought on the Internet
Super-Affluents Lead the Internet Spending Pack
• Figure 79: Average Spending on All Goods & Services over the Internet
Typical Luxury Consumers Spends about 5 Hours a Week Shopping Online
• Figure 80: Average Number of Hourse Used for Interent Shopping/Research on a Weekly Basis
Typical Luxury Consumers Spends about 13 Hours Per Week Online for Non-Shopping Purposes
• Figure 81: Luxury Average Number of Hours Used on Internet for All Other
Purposes Besides Shopping Weekly
Convenience and Comparison Key to Internet Shopping
• Figure 82: Features Luxury Shoppers Consider Very Important for Using the Internet for Shopping
Shipping and Handling Charges Discourage Luxury Internet Shoppers
Luxury Consumers’ Attitudes about Internet Shopping
• Figure 84: Attitudes of Luxury Shoppers about Internet Shopping
Chapter 8 — Luxury Gifting
Introduction
Luxury Gift Spending
• Figure 85: Luxury Consumers' Gift Giving Spending by Demographic Segment, 4Q2005
Holiday Gift Lists Number 12 People
• Figure 86: Number of People on Christmas Gift List
Entertainment & Recreational Items and Clothing & Fashion Accessories Tops Luxury Gifters’ Gift Lists
• Figure 87: Types of Gifts Purchased
Department Stores, both Discounters and Traditional, Were Their Favorite Place to Shop for Gifts, with Electronics Stores Very Close Second Choice
• Figure 88: Where Luxury Consumers Shopped for Holiday Gifts 2005
Luxury Gifters’ Gifting Trends
• Figure 89: Trends in Luxury Gifting
Luxuries as Gifts Holiday 2005
• Figure 90: Luxury Purchase Incidence & Percent Bought As Gifts
Christmas Gift Plans 2006
Luxury Consumers Plan on Spending Just Under $2,000 on Christmas Gifts This Year
• Figure 91: Planned Christmas Gift Spending 2006
Christmas Gift Spending by Demographic Segment
• Figure 92: Planned Christmas 2006 Gift Spending by Demographic Segments
When Luxury Consumers Started or Will Start Christmas Shopping for 2006
• Figure 93: When Luxury Consumers Started or Will Start Christmas 2006 Shopping
Number of People on Luxury Consumers’ Gift Lists
• Figure 94: Number of People on Luxury Consumers' Gift Lists compared with All Consumers
Gift Categories Luxury Consumers Are Very Likely to Purchase for Christmas 2006
• Figure 95: Gift Categories for Christmas 2006
Likelihood to Purchase Luxury Versions of Gift Categories
• Figure 96: Likelihood to Purchase More Luxurious Version vs. Ordinary, Everyday Version
Where Luxury Consumers Will Shop for Christmas 2006 Gifts
• Figure 97: Stores Where Luxury Consumers Are Very Likely to Shop for Christmas 2006 Gifts
Trends in Luxury Consumers’ Christmas Gifting 2006
• Figure 98: Trends in Christmas 2006 Gifting
Chapter 9 — About Influencers and Motivators for Luxury Purchases
Luxury Consumers Just Want to Have Fun
• Figure 99: Motivators Rated Very Important When Purchasing Luxury
Happiness Is the Ultimate Luxury
People have a happiness ‘set point’ that is resistant to change
Money doesn’t buy happiness, in fact the pursuit of wealth may make people less, rather than more happy
Influencers of Most Importance When Shopping for Home Luxuries
• Figure 100: Influencers Rated Very Important in Most Recent Luxury Home Purchases
Key Findings for Home Luxury Marketers
Influencers of Most Importance When Shopping for Personal Luxuries
• Figure 101: Influencers Rated Very Important in Most Recent Personal Luxury Purchases
Key Findings for Personal Luxury Marketers
Influencers of Most Importance When Buying Experiential Luxuries
• Figure 102: Influencers Rated Very Important in Most Recent Experiential Luxury Purchases
Chapter 10 — Status & the Luxury Consumers
Attitudes about Status
• Figure 103: Attitudes about Status
Personalities of Status
• Figure 104: Personalities of Status
• Figure 105: Status Personalities Attitudes
Consensus Connie Goes Along with the Status Quo
Sarah the Status Seeker Places a Priority on Prestige
Quality Magnet Martha Is Driven to Buy the Best
Anti-Status Andy Rejects the Trappings of Status
Lifecycle of Luxury Brands’ Status Tied to Consumers’ Age
• Figure 106: Status Attitudes Most Closely Associated with Younger Consumers
• Figure 107: Anti-Status Attitudes Most Closely Associated with Older Luxury Consumers
Maintaining Luxury Consumers’ Desire for Status Through the Acquisition of Luxury Is Good for Luxury Marketers
Counter Trend toward Anti-Status Is Taking Hold
Appendix A
Research Objectives
Research Methodology
Income Demographics
• Figure 108: Income Demographics
Gender
Age Distribution
• Figure 109: Age Distribution
Other Demographic Variables
Survey Questionnaires

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