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These lists are great, but, if anything, they understate the amount of luxury in NYC, because the "rule" is a city counts if there is one such store.
But in NYC, it's actually rare that there's only one store. There's often a half-dozen to dozen stores in NYC when there's only one or two in the next largest cities. Usually luxury retailers will have Midtown, Upper East, SoHo, and Flatiron locations, and often West Village, Meatpacking, Chelsea, Upper West, Financial District and Brooklyn locations.
And then there's the issue of size. Any store location counts, but often NYC will have the largest global flagship for the respective brand, whether we're talking H&M or Bulgari. Often there are multiple flagship sized stores in NYC. For Prada, there are huge multilevel flagships on Fifth, on Madison, and in SoHo, for example. Yeah, maybe there's a Prada or two in a smaller city, but it will often be smaller mall outlets. Ten of those stores wouldn't equal one flagship sized store.
I'm aware, I wouldn't really call it "more luxurious" though. Maybe if it was cheap and ghetto like Vegas you'd be impressed?
I would. It is more expensive just to travel to Hawaii. It is more expensive to stay in Hawaii. And goods and services cost more in Hawaii. I'm not particularly impressed with either, because again, they draw most their revenue from tourists. That's cool if you are. Different strokes, and such...
I would. It is more expensive just to travel to Hawaii. It is more expensive to stay in Hawaii. And goods and services cost more in Hawaii. I'm not particularly impressed with either, because again, they draw most their revenue from tourists. That's cool if you are. Different strokes, and such...
Ok. I suppose none of this cities are particularly impressive to you in their offerings then.
Ok. I suppose none of this cities are particularly impressive to you in their offerings then.
That's not what he's saying at all...There are different strokes for different folks. A city may have the same, or in Las Vegas's case significantly better retail offerings compared to it's peer cities, but that doesn't make it better when you factor in the ambiance, culture, class, and environment of the stores. (Gucci/Louisville no shade vs Gucci/New York City)
That's not what he's saying at all...There are different strokes for different folks. A city may have the same, or in Las Vegas's case significantly better retail offerings compared to it's peer cities, but that doesn't make it better when you factor in the ambiance, culture, class, and environment of the stores. (Gucci/Louisville no shade vs Gucci/New York City)
There is also a significant difference between the stores in any city.
I live in Houston, and the Prada store is small, and carries a very limited selection. And there is one. In New York, they have four Prada boutiques and they have huge, multiple-levels and carry the entire range.
Every time I see something I like in magazines, then attempt to buy in Houston, they always have to order it from New York or Beverly Hills because the product range here sucks. Same for even more "mass" luxury like Burberry. Understandably so, because some places are more fashion-foward and have far more people who can afford it. They usually stock the conservative, lower-priced items here.
Well, yeah, that's what I was trying to say. Maybe NYC and Houston both have Prada, so you can "check the box" for both cities, but it's hardly equal.
Prada has at least three flagship sized stores in Manhattan, and additional boutiques in Manhattan and throughout the metro area. A Manhattan flagship store is often four levels, with large floorplates, and you're comparing to a boutique outlet probably in a mall. So it isn't 1:1; a single store in Manhattan could be 20x as big as a single store somewhere else.
To take an example, there is Ralph Lauren in NYC and in Atlanta, but they are not 1:1.
There are actually 11 Ralph Lauren stores in Manhattan + Brooklyn, and 1 in Atlanta. Under the list in this thread they would be listed as 1:1, even though 11 stores in one city and 1 in the other.
And that's actually underestimating the relative difference, because there are four enormous RL flagships in Manhattan, and none in Atlanta.
This is a pretty good post and a good idea all around. Except unfortunately I don't have unlimited available time to actually make a list like that.
Personally I didn't really care for listing multiple locations. I don't really have the time to pinch out every store location a metropolitan area has, let alone Google map every store just to check and see if its in a mall or storefront on the sidewalks, or one, two, three, or four stories.
You know what you're talking about and all 150 brands that I made this thread on are all available in "mostly" alphabetical order in the first post. So if you don't mind, when you get the time, please make the list for New York with all 150 brands and all of New York's multiple locations and even the number of floors each and every store has. I would greatly appreciate it, again, I don't have the personal time to address every single idea City-Data posters have as suggestions.
Thanks in advance.
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