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NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/17/07 -- Shares of DaimlerChrysler are trading near
all-time highs as investors applaud the sale of 80% of the company's
Chrysler division to Cerberus Capital. Wealthy American consumers agree
with the wisdom of the divestiture as their growing dissatisfaction with
Mercedes' quality, sales, and service over the past three years indicated
pressing problems for the luxury automaker that threatened the venerable
Mercedes brand.
Surveys of wealthy Americans' opinions of luxury automobile brands over
three years reveal a dramatic drop-off for Mercedes, according to New York
City-based Luxury Institute, an independent market research and online
peer-to-peer learning community for wealthy consumers and luxury
executives.
In one ominous reading of overall brand equity, Mercedes has seen its
ranking slip since 2005. The Luxury Brand Status Index incorporates four
pillars of value: consistently superior quality, exclusivity and
uniqueness, a measure of enhanced social status, and a measure of the
ability of a brand to make a customer feel special across the customer
experience. Mercedes slipped from number three in 2005, as Lexus pulled
ahead into number two in 2006 and has held that spot. Porsche has been
ranked the most prestigious brand for the past three years.
Also troubling, wealthy consumers in 2005 perceived Mercedes as having the
highest quality, but two years later that has turned into a fourth place
ranking. Mercedes has also fallen behind Porsche for perceived social
status of somebody who drives one.
Mercedes' tumble has been even more extreme in the area of customer
experience. According to the Luxury Institute, from 2006 to 2007, Mercedes
fell from fifth (of 11) to ninth (of 10) in the overall Luxury Consumer
Experience Index for Luxury Automobiles. Mercedes' worthiness of a
significant price premium ranking plummeted from fifth to last, as did
brand effectiveness. It also went from fourth to next-to-last in consumer
retention and has become the brand wealthy consumers are least likely to
recommend.
"It was a classic lack of focus at Daimler that led them to believe they
could manage Chrysler without impacting the value of the Mercedes brand,"
says Milton Pedraza, CEO of the Luxury Institute. "This divestiture
promises to be a big step ahead for Mercedes and for luxury consumers who
demand better from their brands."
Fortunately for Daimler shareholders there is a favorable historical
precedent showing that when a company sheds down-market businesses to focus
on luxury, financial rewards follow. Saks Inc. announced plans to sell its
mid-market department stores to Bon-Ton Stores. Since last summer, shares
of both companies have outperformed the market; Saks is up 50% and Bon-Ton
has gained 130%.
In addition to fully vetted, private peer-to-peer networking for luxury
firm executives and entrepreneurs, full results of luxury automobile survey
data and, insights from the voice of the wealthy consumer, are available to
members of the Luxury Board for an annual fee of $995.00. For information,
visit, www.luxuryboard.com.
About the Luxury Institute
The Luxury Institute is the uniquely independent and impartial ratings and
research institution that is the trusted and respected voice of the high
net worth consumer. The Institute provides a portfolio of proprietary
publications and research that guides and educates high net-worth
individuals and the companies that cater to them on leading edge trends,
high net worth consumer rankings and ratings of luxury brands, and best
practices. The Luxury Institute also operates the Luxury Board
(www.luxuryboard.com), the world's first global, membership-based online
community for luxury goods and services executives, professionals and
entrepreneurs To reach the Luxury Institute, please call 646-792-2669 or go
to www.luxuryinstitute.com.
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