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Luxury Marketing

A Challenge for Theory and Practice

  • Why consumers buy luxury, what they believe luxury is and how their perception of luxury value impacts their buying behavior
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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-1
  2. Luxury Marketing as a Challenge for Marketing Theory and Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. More on Luxury Anti-Laws of Marketing

      • Vincent Bastien, Jean-Noël Kapferer
      Pages 19-34
  3. Luxury and Luxury Consumption: A Global Phenomenon or Dependent on Cultural Differences?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
    2. Culture and Luxury: An Analysis of Luxury Perceptions across Frontiers

      • Virginie De Barnier, Pierre Valette-Florence
      Pages 37-56
    3. An Intercultural Comparison of the Perception of Luxury by Young Consumers

      • Bruno Godey, Daniele Pederzoli, Gaetano Aiello, Raffaele Donvito, Klaus-Peter Wiedmann, Nadine Hennigs
      Pages 57-76
    4. Consumer Value Perception of Luxury Goods: A Cross-Cultural and Cross-Industry Comparison

      • Nadine Hennigs, Klaus-Peter Wiedmann, Christiane Klarmann
      Pages 77-99
  4. Luxury and Luxury Consumption from a Theoretical Perspective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
    2. Indulging the Self Positive Consequences of Luxury Consumption

      • Liselot Hudders, Mario Pandelaere
      Pages 119-137
  5. Different Approaches to Understanding Luxury and Luxury Brands from the Customer’s Perspective within Specific Cultural Contexts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
    2. Luxury Buying Behaviour and the Role of Culture: An Indian Context

      • Kartik Dave, Garima Dhamija
      Pages 157-168
    3. Perceptions, Attitudes and Luxury Brands

      • Nicole Stegemann, Sara Denize, Kenneth E. Miller
      Pages 169-184
  6. Luxury and Luxury Consumption in the Context of Societal Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
    2. Luxury Brands in the Digital Age – the Trust Factor

      • Meng-Shan Wu, Cheng-Hao Chen, Isabella Chaney
      Pages 207-219
  7. Counterfeits Challenging the Luxury Industry, Consumers and Society

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221
    2. Luxury Goods vs. Counterfeits: An Intercultural Study

      • Udo Wagner, Seung-Hee Lee, Sabine Kleinsasser, Jutatip Jamsawang
      Pages 223-244

About this book

The luxury market has transformed from its traditional conspicuous consumption model to a new experiential luxury sensibility that is marked by a change in how consumers define luxury. In a global context, it is crucial to understand why consumers buy luxury, what they believe luxury is, and how their perception of luxury value impacts their buying behavior.
This handbook aims to provide a holistic approach to luxury marketing with respect to the characteristics and the key challenges and opportunities of luxury brand management. Therefore, the multifaceted contributions by authors from different parts of the world will offer both a research and management perspective of luxury marketing and deliver a concentrated body of knowledge with contributions from diverse elements.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Marketing und Management, Hannover, Germany

    Klaus-Peter Wiedmann, Nadine Hennigs

About the editors

Klaus-Peter Wiedmann is the Chair of Marketing and Management and the Director of the Institute of Marketing and Management at the Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany.
Nadine Hennigs is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Marketing and Management at the Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Luxury Marketing

  • Book Subtitle: A Challenge for Theory and Practice

  • Editors: Klaus-Peter Wiedmann, Nadine Hennigs

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-4399-6

  • Publisher: Gabler Verlag Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-8349-4398-9Published: 07 November 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-663-20517-3Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-8349-4399-6Published: 10 November 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 416

  • Topics: Marketing, Management

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 99.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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