The Luxury Marketing Council
Founded in 1994, The Luxury Marketing Council Worldwide is an exclusive, “by invitation only” collaborative organization of more than 3,000 top CEOs and CMOs who represent more than 875 major luxury goods and services companies.
The Council serves primarily as a catalyst in bringing the smartest, most imaginative marketers of luxury products and services together to explore best practices and critical issues, and share intelligence on best customers and market trends. In addition, through the “incubation” of innovative marketing alliances and partnerships, the Council helps its members to grow revenue, expand share of wallet, and cultivate referrals from and loyalty of best customers—the 2.7 million individuals (in the US) with liquid portfolios of USD $1,000,000 or more.
http://www.luxurymarketingcouncil.com/
AIGA
AIGA, the professional association for design, stimulates thinking about design, demonstrates the value of design and empowers the success of designers at each stage of their careers. AIGA’s mission is to advance designing as a professional craft, strategic tool and vital cultural force. Founded in 1914, AIGA remains the oldest and largest professional membership organization for design, and is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) educational institution.
American Book Producers Association
The American Book Producers Association was founded in 1980 as the trade association for independent book producers, also called packagers, in the United States and Canada. Members of this rapidly growing profession produce, from concept through finished product in all formats, a wide variety of titles for trade and other publishers as well as for corporations, non-profits, and other organizations.
Philadelphia AD Club
For more than 63 years, The Philly Ad Club, a non-profit organization, has served the industry’s professionals with distinction. It is one of the region’s largest and most active trade associations. It represents Greater Philadelphia Ad Agencies, Greater Philadelphia Interactive Agencies, Philadelphia Media Buying Agencies, other specialty agencies, Philadelphia Broadcast and Print Media, and more. It also publishes Philly AD NEWS magazine, a full-color, bi-monthly publication that covers all that is Philly Ad News. It is Greater Philadelphia’s ONLY comprehensive news source for the Advertising and Communications industries.
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