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View Poll Results: What Sought After Big Brand Chains Indicate a City/Metro has "Arrived?"
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Patagonia Store
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8 |
9.41% |
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Crate and Barrel
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12 |
14.12% |
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Pottery Barn
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5 |
5.88% |
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West Elm
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6 |
7.06% |
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Nordstrom
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23 |
27.06% |
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IKEA
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30 |
35.29% |
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Google Store
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7 |
8.24% |
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Amazon Retail Store
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15 |
17.65% |
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Apple Store
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25 |
29.41% |
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Samsung Store
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5 |
5.88% |
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Dave n Buster's
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5 |
5.88% |
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Top Golf
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12 |
14.12% |
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Cheesecake Factory
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10 |
11.76% |
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Maggiano's
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2 |
2.35% |
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Palm Steakhouse
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6 |
7.06% |
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Four Season's Hotel
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29 |
34.12% |
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Ritz Carlton
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32 |
37.65% |
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Westin Hotel
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7 |
8.24% |
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Hard Rock Cafe
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7 |
8.24% |
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Margaritaville Hotel
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3 |
3.53% |
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Other (list it)
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11 |
12.94% |
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10-26-2019, 07:26 PM
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Location: Zurich, Switzerland/ Piedmont, CA
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I believe it was Trafalgar Law(?) that shared this with us a few years ago:
A Luxury Brand Hierarchy developed by industry watchers and academics...
Just looking at top 2 jewelry stores ranked, where everything costs $50,000+ 
Leviev has 1 North American location in New York(the only other location is Moscow)
Graff Diamonds has 6 stand alone stores in North America: New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Vancouver, Palm Beach & Bal Harbour. |
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10-26-2019, 07:51 PM
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Location: Miami, The Magic City
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I’m definitely adding/putting a Richard Mille boutique (not uncommon for $350,000 timepieces up to $2M) to ultra high end and above Panerai, IWC, Breguet, and Patek....Beverly Hills, NYC, Aspen, Vegas, Boston, Miami and Bal Harbour boutiques.
Last edited by elchevere; 10-26-2019 at 08:00 PM..
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10-26-2019, 07:58 PM
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Location: Zurich, Switzerland/ Piedmont, CA
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South Florida is extremely impressive when it comes to core premium brands on up.
Vegas and Honolulu also rank way wayyyy above their size.
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10-26-2019, 08:30 PM
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Whole foods
Trader Joe's
Lifetime fitness
Nespresso
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10-26-2019, 08:53 PM
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Location: New York City
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KodeBlue
Uniqlo
W Hotel
Bloomingdales, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue
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High-end shopping, hotels and certain experiential places like Starbucks Reserve are the best idicators.
Not many metro areas have a Neimans, Bloomingdales, Saks and Nordstrom. Pretty much, just the largest US cities. |
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10-27-2019, 04:33 AM
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I don’t think it’s chains. It’s when your indie restaurants start making top-100 lists.
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10-27-2019, 07:42 AM
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Some of the super selective from my many years working in the retail industry that aren't the uber-high end, but more mainstream include:
Crate and Barrel
Pottery Barn
Williams Sonoma
Sur La Table
Anthropologie
JCrew
LL Bean
Chico's
Coach
Aveda
Bare Minerals
Kiehl's
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10-27-2019, 08:45 AM
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Location: Zurich, Switzerland/ Piedmont, CA
32,858 posts, read 56,059,347 times
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kyle19125
Some of the super selective from my many years working in the retail industry that aren't the uber-high end, but more mainstream include:
Crate and Barrel
Pottery Barn
Williams Sonoma
Sur La Table
Anthropologie
JCrew
LL Bean
Chico's
Coach
Aveda
Bare Minerals
Kiehl's
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Yup. Michael Kors is another brand I really like that has achieved high end status but is still attainable to most folks. |
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10-27-2019, 10:04 AM
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Bloomingdales are only in large metros from Atlanta on up to NYC.
I know Saks is a highly sought after retailer along with Niemans Marcus.
Nordstroms is pretty cool too. The more Nordstroms, the higher the ranking.
A good selection of local grocery stores. I know in St. Louis there is Dierbergs, Straubs, Field Foods that come to mind. Charlotte has Harris Teeter. If nothing like that, there needs to be a good number of Whole Foods and Trader Joes.
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10-27-2019, 11:44 AM
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Location: plano
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Reputation: 6045
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I'm a suburban guy and my acid test is a Costco and a Lexus dealer within a few miles, less than five miles. Metro needs a niemans for spouse and her sister.
Safe and great schools for the burb are requirements too. Rare find all these in a metro smaller than 2 miliiin. A personal requirement is too medical specialists. I require a MDVIP internest ideally three to chose from and a too hospital. But these are due to my spouses needs not all would need these specifics
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