And it is partly a story about rising incomes in general resulting in increased consumption of “affluent” foods, like meat and dairy products. The tourist industry is a good case study. Rolling annual tourist visit arrival numbers are back to growing …

With a high gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, the region is known to have one of the largest affluent consumer bases. Although the region's economy slowed immediately following the Lehman Brothers' collapse in September 2008, an almost …

Grocery represents almost 40 per cent of retail sales, but providing a profitable Internet option for a high-volume, low-margin business with products that must be chilled is more complex and pricey than for non-perishables. Even Amazon has only made …

To direct growth in the more affluent so as to produce a higher quality of life: The focus here is qualitative in tourism. … promotion research into the tourism potential of the principle markets and investigation into the marketability of the two …

Affluent households in the U.S. have turned overwhelmingly pessimistic about the economy and their spending plans for the upcoming Christmas season, according to the latest luxury tracking survey by Unity Marketing. … The only bright spots in the …

In a marketplace that is increasingly as sensitive to diversity as it is to revenues, recognizing the top buyers of multicultural products and services is becoming a natural part of the new socioeconomic food chain. “Those organizations that buy the …

It can be found on toys as well as decorative items being exported for sale from certain developing countries, outlines a new researched study sponsored by the UN Environment Programme. Image: Abby Lanes. (WNN) United Nations New York, UNITED STATES …

From backpackers to luxury seekers, there is a universal travel customer who is essential to marketing success: the Affluent Influencer or “Affluencer.” NB: This is an … They not only buy travel products and services, they recommend the ones they …

How are the wealthy to gain their vast riches without selling their products to the masses? Even in the much-maligned “Gilded Age,” when the Carnegies, Westinghouses, Fords, and Rockefellers earned their vast fortunes, the standard of living of the …