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Mini Case-Study on the Emperors’ VIP Club

Jay Parkhill March 12th, 2008

Bloomberg has a min-study gleaned from FBI transcipts on what made the Emperors’ VIP club successful.  It’s an entertaining read.  Highlights include:

*Strict payment policies and careful training on credit card imprints

*Clever marketing of its clients as wealthy/powerful men

*Market analysis of different regions (the Miami and LA high-end prostitute markets are apparently flooded)

*"Buy out" option to cut out the broker in the case of long-term relationships 

Bloomberg.com: Opinion