Cool Friend: Silverstein

“In order for consumers to adopt a new product, they need to know the basis for interest. They need to have a reason to
believe. The narrative, and the story, and the history are critical to
explaining to the consumer why they should become emotionally involved, emotionally connected with this product. It is a requirement for a new luxury company to be able to describe how did we happen to get where we are, and how did we happen to get to create what you want.” Read the interview here.

Michael Silverstein is coauthor with Neil Fiske of Trading Up: The New American Luxury.

Cathy Mosca posted this on April 19, 2004, in Cool Friends.
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