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Aspirational Consumers Pull Back, Driving Down Luxury Leaders’ U.S. Sales

The leading global luxury brands showed topline gains for the first half of the year, despite a drop in sales in the U.S., where aspirational consumers are stretched thin and have cut back on indulgent purchases. In most recent reporting, all but Kering showed outstanding topline gains – LVMH was up 15% to $46.5 billion […]

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In Luxury, Exclusivity Means Being The Incomparable One Among Many. Neiman Marcus Gets It.

Nordstrom recently disappointed Wall Street when it announced a 4.1% decline in sales during its fourth quarter covering November 2022 through January 2023. It started Fiscal 2022 strong, with sales up 18.7%, then with each successive quarter, sales slowed. It followed a pattern seen widely across the luxury market and reported here. Luxury brands far […]

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Need Better, More Up-To-Date Information On Luxury Consumers To Plan Your Next Moves? Free Trial

Over the last three years, the luxury market has experienced a whirlwind of change. After rising 7 percent in 2019 before the pandemic, it suffered a steep decline in 2020, only to bounce back with spectacular growth through 2021 and 2022. Now the economy is under threat again with the banking crisis, rising interest rates, […]

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Introducing the Research The Affluent Luxury Tracker

The Research The Affluent Luxury Tracker (RTALT) is a continuous daily survey conducted among affluent and HNW consumers tracking their financial status, luxury purchase behavior, lifestyles and values. Plus on-demand Flash surveys are available to give clients immediate information and insights into their most valuable customers. The RTALT is sponsored by Chandler Mount, CEO of […]

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A ‘Richcession’ Is Looming: Get Ready To Weather The Storm

Conventional wisdom holds that when the economy flounders, the well-heeled don’t skip a beat and keep spending while everyone else cuts corners and pulls back. But early indications are that when, rather than if, the economy falters, the high-earning affluent will share in the pain. And their pain will roll over onto the luxury brands […]

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