Silvertone

What Silvertone does

Silvertone Consulting is a private, founder-owned luxury branding consultancy headquartered in New York with a team presence in London. The firm serves enterprise clients in the luxury, fashion, ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) media, and hospitality sectors, supporting them in creating or updating brand platforms, protecting brand integrity during diversification and offer extensions, and recalibrating strategy in response to forces shaping the global luxury market.

The practice is delivered through three named consulting engagements: Brand Relevance Sprint (a short-term program that converts abstract brand concepts into actionable deliverables), The Why Behind the What (a methodology surfacing the deep human truths of UHNW individuals), and Future Readiness (a foresight approach to strategy, innovation, and growth). In parallel, Silvertone operates a media platform anchored by The Luxury Item podcast — branded as the #1 podcast on the business of luxury and now in its 16th season, with listeners in over 150 countries — and the Brilliant Cut monthly newsletter distributed on Substack.

The business model is professional services: quote-based, custom-scoped engagements sold directly to enterprise clients via inbound email inquiries to the founder. No pricing, headcount, revenue, funding, or customer data is publicly disclosed. The firm has no external institutional investors, no patents, no AI/ML capabilities, and no proprietary technology platform; competitive advantage rests on the founder Scott Kerr's prior executive tenure at major agencies and brands (Time Inc., Pepsi-Cola, Condé Nast, BBDO, Ammirati & Puris, Burson-Marsteller, Real Media), his NYU adjunct professorship in luxury digital marketing, and the cumulative brand equity of the long-running podcast and newsletter.

Name

Silvertone

Legal name

Silvertone Consulting, Inc.

Website

https://silvertoneconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Silvertone Consulting is a private, founder-owned luxury branding consultancy headquartered in New York with a London team presence, serving enterprise clients in luxury, fashion, UHNW media, and hospitality through structured brand strategy engagements and a leading luxury-industry podcast.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

West New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Luxury Branding Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for luxury brands including brand platform creation/updates, diversification strategy support, offer extensions, and external growth guidance. Delivered through structured programs like Brand Relevance Sprint, The Why Behind the What, and Future Readiness.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Silvertone Consulting is a luxury branding consultancy that supports players in the luxury, fashion, UHNW media, and hospitality sectors with brand platform creation and updating, securing brand integrity during diversification strategies and offer extensions, and future-readiness strategic foresight. Core service programs include the Brand Relevance Sprint (short-term, actionable brand-building work), The Why Behind the What (UHNWI human-truths research methodology), and Future Readiness (anticipating opportunities and threats in the luxury industry). The firm also publishes The Luxury Item podcast and the Brilliant Cut monthly newsletter as part of its advisory ecosystem.

Product overview

Silvertone Consulting is a luxury branding consultancy offering a portfolio of strategic advisory services. The core offerings include the Brand Relevance Sprint (a short-term brand-building engagement), The Why Behind the What (human insights methodology), and Future Readiness (strategic foresight). The company also produces media content including The Luxury Item podcast and the Brilliant Cut newsletter. Services are focused on brand creation, updating, and integrity during diversification for clients in luxury, fashion, UHNW media, and hospitality sectors.

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Products and services

• Brand Relevance Sprint A short-term consulting engagement that formalizes the key luxury brand-building pillars into something immediately gratifying, designed to make the abstract idea of a brand concrete for rising and established businesses in the luxury sector.
• The Why Behind the What Human-truths research and strategy methodology that uncovers what is happening in the lives of ultra-high-net-worth individuals and what it means, ensuring luxury brands stay in tune with their target audiences.
• Future Readiness Strategic advisory approach to business strategy, innovation, and growth that helps luxury businesses anticipate the opportunities and threats ahead of them in the luxury industry.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/Silvertone_Inc
• Facebookfacebook.com/silvertoneconsulting
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/silvertoneconsulting
• Instagraminstagram.com/silvertoneconsulting/?hl=en

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Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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