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>Only for demand to go up disproportionately with increases in income Okay, if we want to limit ourselves to economics jargon rather than vernacular. >Practic
by thfuran 3y ago
>Only for demand to go up disproportionately with increases in income
Okay, if we want to limit ourselves to economics jargon rather than vernacular.
>Practically this means luxury goods are purchased to convey status
No, practically it means poor people aren't buying them much. Only some luxury good purchasing is related to status signaling.
>Premium is the word that means paying extra for an increase in quality
I'm not aware of a context where that would be the standard definition, though in some contexts it may be the excess portion of the price.
- eightysixfour 3y agoI don’t know what to tell you for you to believe me but premium relating to quality and luxury relating to status are literally the way they’re defined in the retail goods and brand world. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/difference-between-premium-luxury-productsand-what-means https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/difference-between-premium-lu... https://medium.com/swlh/dont-confuse-luxury-with-premium-8-key-differences-47986d4c01eb https://medium.com/swlh/dont-confuse-luxury-with-premium-8-k... https://imgmodelsblog.com/luxury-and-premium-comparison https://imgmodelsblog.com/luxury-and-premium-comparison Or, if you want to listen to techies talk about it, listen to this episode of Acquired: https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/lvmh https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/lvmh