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Tariff threats, wars will slow but not collapse global luxury sales in 2025, new study shows
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FILE - These are Gucci bags in the window of a Gucci store in Pittsburgh on Jan. 30, 2023. - photo by AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File
MILAN (AP) — Global sales of personal luxury goods are ”slowing down but not collapsing,” according to a Bain & Co. consultancy study released Thursday. Personal luxury goods sales that eroded to 364 billion euros ($419 billion) in 2024 are projected to slide by another 2% to 5% this year, the study said, citing threats of U.S. tariffs and geopolitical tensions triggering economic slowdowns. “Still, to be positive in a difficult moment — with three wars, economies slowing down, inequality at a maximum ever — it’s not a market in collapse,’’ said Bain partner and co-author of the study Claudia D’Arpizio.