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Investors Are Losing Confidence In Luxury Brands

When sales should be booming, many luxury brands saw their sales slow or even decline in the last quarter of 2022.For example, LVMH, the industry’s pacesetter and market-share leader generating $86 billion last year, experienced a slowdown during the fourth quarter, with organic revenues up only 9%, after double-digit increases in the ~20% range during […]

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What Consumer Psychology Reveals About Our Urge To Splurge

Deloitte is out with new research that found the urge to splurge is universal, indulged in by nearly equal measures regardless of the consumer’s age, income or gender.Its survey, which spanned 23 countries and over 114,000 adults, found nearly 80% said they made at least one splurge purchase to lift their mood in the past […]

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Consumer’s Cognitive Biases Are Keeping Spending Strong, For Now

The National Retail Federation (NRF) is out with its 2023 retail forecast; on its face, it’s reassuring. Retail sales growth in 2023 should exceed the 3.6% average growth level tracked in the pre-pandemic years from 2013 through 2019.So far, consumers have kept retail sales buoyant, thanks to their psychological makeup, but soon, their shopping behaviors […]

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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 Washington, […]

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Consumers Have Reached A Breaking Point After Losing $1 Trillion To Inflation

Ever since retail opened up after the pandemic, the National Retail Federation has gushed over the resiliency of the U.S. economy and the American consumer.In a recent CNBC interview, NRF president and CEO Matthew Shay reported January retail sales were up 4.8% over last year, highlighting: “We have very resilient consumers and people are out […]

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