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Can Luxury Goods Continue To Deliver Rich Returns In An Era Of Austerity? Nov 11
Standard & Poors, Nov 2011
Abstract
Given the recent and current global economic woes and a year of unusually extreme natural disasters, some would assume that luxury goods makers would be watching their products gather dust on shop shelves along avenue Montaigne in Paris, Via dei Condotti in Rome, Rodeo Drive and Fifth Avenue in the U.S., and the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo. In reality, sales of luxury goods are holding steady in developed countries because most affluent shoppers have retained their buying power, in Standard & Poor's Ratings Services' view. More importantly, luxury goods are selling very well in developing countries, such as Russia and China, as well as in Middle Eastern Gulf states. Whereas the consumer goods sector in general is coping with...
Companies mentioned in this report are: LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.A.,PPR S.A.
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Research Type: Commentary
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