RESEARCH

RESEARCH

Research on luxury in India — the Luxury Connect Intelligence series, white papers, and peer-conference publications.

LUXURY CONNECT INTELLIGENCE — THE FUTURE GEOGRAPHY OF LUXURY IN INDIA

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Report I — The Hyderabad Paradox

Edition 1.0 · June 2026.

A city whose luxury demand scores 4.0 while its luxury infrastructure scores 2.2 — a 1.8-point gap on the Luxury Readiness Matrix. The report maps the gap, and what fills it.

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Report II — Bengaluru

Next in series.

Report III — Chennai & Pune

Same framework, same indicators, fully comparable.

WHITE PAPERS — free, by email

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I — The Capability Gap: India’s Luxury Talent Supply-Demand Divide

May 2026

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II — The Great Divide: Why AI Is Separating Luxury’s Future Leaders from the Laggards

July 2026

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III — The Shilp Griha Manifesto

September 2026

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ACADEMIC PAPERS

Gupta, A., Purohit, T., & Kapoor, N. — “Creating & Managing Customer Value, Satisfaction & Loyalty: An Introspection of India’s Luxury Market.” In Reddy, S. K. & Han, J. K. (Eds.), The Essence of Luxury: An Asian Perspective, LVMH–SMU Luxury Research Conference 2016 (2017), pp. 148–165. Open access via SMU’s Institutional Knowledge repository.

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Gupta, A., Jain, S., & Mishra, S. — “The 5C’s Value Framework for Luxury Brands in Emerging Markets: A Case on India.” In Reddy, S. K. & Han, J. K. (Eds.), The Art and Science of Luxury: An Asian Perspective, LVMH–SMU Luxury Research Conference 2018 (2019), pp. 45–63. Published by Singapore Management University.

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