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Dr. Paurav Shukla

Paurav Shukla is Professor of Marketing at Essex Business School, UK. Paurav’s career began in the industry, and he continues to work hand-in-hand with industry as a consultant, researcher, practitioner and advisor. He has published many articles in top-tier academic journals, chapters to edited books, and popular accounts of his work have appeared in the Sunday Times, the Guardian, Woman’s Wear Daily, Inc., LuxuryFacts, Luxury Society, Retail Wire, Business Week, National Post of Canada and LiveMint, among others. He has also delivered corporate training, teaching and consulting assignments for organisations in Europe, Asia and North Africa, and has been actively involved in funded research projects.
Picture of Dr. Paurav Shukla

Dr. Paurav Shukla

Paurav Shukla is Professor of Marketing at Essex Business School, UK. Paurav’s career began in the industry, and he continues to work hand-in-hand with industry as a consultant, researcher, practitioner and advisor. He has published many articles in top-tier academic journals, chapters to edited books, and popular accounts of his work have appeared in the Sunday Times, the Guardian, Woman’s Wear Daily, Inc., LuxuryFacts, Luxury Society, Retail Wire, Business Week, National Post of Canada and LiveMint, among others. He has also delivered corporate training, teaching and consulting assignments for organisations in Europe, Asia and North Africa, and has been actively involved in funded research projects.

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The Lure and Allure of Synthetic Diamonds

With technological advancements, lab-grown (synthetic) diamonds are becoming ever so similar in quality, cut and clarity to natural diamonds. Their usage and acceptance in business markets is growing but can the industry crack the final frontier – emotional resonance in the consumer market.

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Infiltrating India’s Luxury Alcohol Market

The whisky-loving India is not as easy to lure for alcohol brands as many thought. While we love our drink, it needs to send the right message across, to make us spend those wads of cash. This article tries to throw some guiding light

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Valuing the Luxury Purchase

Luxury brands are bought in different countries for different reasons. This study evaluates those reasons and does a comparison between Indian and British luxury consumers.

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