Top 10 global consumer trends for 2018

Published: January 25, 2018

Market researcher Euromonitor International revealed the Top 10 global consumer trends for 2018. Some trends may turn into entrenched consumer behavior, affecting the relationship between brands and consumers.

Offline sales are not dead, but transformed

Published: January 24, 2018

In the face of industry change, it is not the end for bricks-and-mortar because, despite the number of stores declining, in-store sales are on the rise.

Chinese customer a demographic concept, not geographic

Published: January 24, 2018

Luxury brands are usually 30 percent to 40 percent cheaper abroad than inside China, so Chinese customers love shopping abroad. But they are the same group of shoppers, no matter where they go, and brands should be aware of this reality.

82pc of world’s wealth distributed among top 1pc

Published: January 23, 2018

According to Oxfam, the number of billionaires in the world saw its largest jump in history during 2017, bringing the demographic’s total number of individuals with personal wealth in the billions up to 2,043.

Madaluxe Vault is stab at off-price luxury

Published: January 23, 2018

Since 2010, MadaLuxe Group has partnered with Europe’s iconic luxury maisons seeking North American distribution for excess inventory and, in doing so, has grown its retail sales to more than $200 million.