What is luxury Retail?

Looking for retail sales tips because you have a luxury product or premium service to sell?

I’m not talking a good or better version, I’m talking the best.

Selling luxury retail goods are very different from selling any other product.

Why?…

Because those who can afford to buy the luxury retail items know two things:

• One, they can afford it. Whether that is the CEO making hundreds of thousands of dollars, or the woman with a black American Express card. They are not having to decide whether its shoes for the baby or a new Rolex watch. Because of that, the power is in their court.
• Two, you really want to make the sale of the higher priced goods

Which means they’ll probably ask for a discount.

The luxury brands boutique that gives in, the premium jeweler, the exclusive apparel shop opens itself up to unprofitability if they allow their retail employees to fold their tent and give the discount.

A woman who used to work in a fine jewelry shop in Southern California told me, “I never sold a luxury watch for less than 25% off its price.”

But discounting your luxury goods, if we really examine it, frequently comes from an employee’s poor self-esteem.

Deep inside they believe the watch, the fur, the yacht, the plane, the cruise, isn’t worth it.

And if the salesperson doesn’t believe your luxury goods are worth the price, they’ll pass that disbelief right on to your customer. Hence, that employee will tell you they had to discount – like a car dealer selling used AMC Pacers.

There are two things to address here…

First, is the type of employee you have on your floor, and second is how they see themselves working in your luxury boutique.

By all accounts the luxury market is booming. Whether that’s Hermes scarves, Manolo Blahnik shoes or a Patek Philippe antique watches, the luxury market’s staying power is evident across many brands.

If you’re not getting your share, if your employees are standing around with their hands in their pockets waiting for customers and not moving your merchandise, it’s not your customers; it’s your employees. They need luxury sales training.

That’s why you should checkout my online retail sales training program: SalesRX.com