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A study says the global luxury goods market will shrink in 2025. Trump tariffs could make it worse
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FILE - Vintage Gucci bags are displayed inside the new on-line concept store, called Gucci Vault, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. - photo by AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File
MILAN (AP) — Global sales of personal luxury goods are forecast to shrink in 2025 for the first time since the Great Recession, according to a Bain consultancy study released Wednesday. The outlook could worsen if the sector is hit by tariffs promised by Donald Trump. “This could be a nightmare if implemented,’’ Claudia D’Arpizio, co-author of the study for Italy’s Altagamma association of luxury producers, told The Associated Press.