"We have a well-educated, upscale customer who wants more healthy choices on the menu," said Mimi Weisband, a spokeswoman for Crystal Cruises.
The new upscale customer seems to be responding to an upgrade in the counterfeit merchandise that's available and a trend among done-it-all shoppers for cheap "trophy" purchases.
Mr. Mays, with striking blue eyes and close-cropped gray hair, carries himself like the kind of urbane and upscale customer Ford wants to woo.
Also, the more upscale customer is spending relatively more (Neiman's was up 12%), which helps Bloomingdale's and the Internet business is booming, moving the total comp by almost a full point".
The traditional red-state, blue-collar fans have tended to discount Gordon as a middle-class, California-born, Indiana-raised wheel brat whose parents changed his oil since he started racing at 4. But those fans are becoming less important as network TV and a new class of sponsors are casting a wider net for more upscale customers.
The exception was Target, a discounter that aims at more upscale customers, which continued to struggle, with sales falling 6.3percentt.
Through star-studded advertising and a growing network of boutiques now numbering 200, it lures upscale customers from New York to Paris to Shanghai.
Through star-studded advertising in Europe and Asia and a growing network of clubby boutiques now numbering 200, it lures upscale customers, whether in New York, Paris or Shanghai.
And if everyone has a Christian Dior clutch, just how desirable will that bag be to upscale customers?
Many upscale customers, meanwhile, have turned to supermarkets.
