Synonyms

up-market

British

adjective

relating to commercial products, services, etc, that are relatively expensive and of superior quality

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“We are starting up-market, we are working our way down as quickly as we can — we are using their playbook almost verbatim,” Lee tells The Verge in an interview.

From The Verge

It will be a new attempt to go up-market by Geely, and backs founder and Chairman Li Shufu’s long-held ambition to make premium cars “like Mercedes-Benz” in a bid take on EV leader Tesla Inc.

From Reuters

The company, once famous for selling books online, was long rumored to be working on a new chain of physical grocery stores that would cater to a more diverse set of tastes than up-market Whole Foods, which it acquired in 2017.

From Reuters

BC Partners last year took out its successful Chewy Inc brand from PetSmart, while TPG-owned U.S. clothing chain J Crew is currently exploring an IPO of its up-market Madewell brand.

From Reuters

Turkish manufacturers have in recent years shifted their clothing production up-market as China’s dominance grew globally.

From Reuters

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