Euromonitor's latest strategy briefing looks at the evolving luxury market and examines its potential for future growth.

Turbulent economic times put a damper on most consumer spending, and while the luxury goods market may see sales drop, the appeal of luxury will remain...

After growing by an annual average rate of more than 10.0% for five years until 2007, China is experiencing an economic slowdown as exports and production weaken amid the global financial crisis 2008. As a result, consumer confidence has declined in 2008. A weakening consumer sentiment will impact consumer spending, investment and business profits. The government's stimulus package announced in November 2008 should help boost economic growth and private consumption...

In recent decades, governments in many developed countries have been staring at demographic curves like deer in the headlights. Statistics are making it increasingly clear that fewer people are willing to take on the cost and the responsibility of bringing up children. Something that should be taken for granted – “people will always have children”, German ex-Chancellor Adenauer famously said in the 1950s – has become a topic of crisis summits...