Travel has overtaken luxury vehicles as the primary symbol of having "made it" among mass affluent Americans, according to the Forbes Research 2025 Mass Affluent Survey. We polled more than 1,000 ...

Remember when a certain brand of flip phone made you instantly cool? Or when a specific car model was the ultimate sign you'd "made it"? Status symbols are fascinating cultural indicators. They ...

Labubu dolls and Stanley cups are replacing luxury cars and designer clothes as status symbols, and that says something about the attention economy. “A lot of Gen Z is not spending money on luxury ...

While status symbols have almost always been characterized in a game of "having what others can't," focused on material goods and consumerism, recent shifts in the collective experience and perception ...