Luxury brands are bleeding customers as dupes take over. The ultra-rich are turning to new ways to signal wealth as luxury dupes, weight-loss drugs, and cosmetic procedures become more accessible to ...

In a world obsessed with the latest trends and flexing our perceived success, the concept of a "status symbol" is constantly evolving. What once signified wealth, influence, or discerning taste can ...

Labubu dolls and Stanley cups are replacing luxury cars and designer clothes as status symbols, and that says something about the attention economy.

While trends have faded over the years, there are certain status symbols from the 90s that only upper middle class people care about anymore. And it's evident in the way they decorate their home and ...

Digital flex matters just as much as physical ones these days. Crypto wallets have completely transformed - they're not just storage solutions anymore but full-on status symbols. The younger ...

Silvia Bellezza is an Associate Professor of Business in Marketing at Columbia Business School. Her research focuses on status signaling in consumption. Whom do you hold in higher regard: Jimmy Carter ...

Did you ever meet someone who seemed to fall for almost any little trick in the book? In the world of status symbols, that seems to be the case all the time. Most of us average people tend to snap up ...

The ultra-rich are turning to new ways to signal wealth as luxury dupes, weight-loss drugs, and cosmetic procedures become more accessible to the general public. Now, new ways of flaunting wealth have ...