Datastream #14

01. 1/3rd of all personal luxury goods sold worldwide are bought by Chinese consumers.
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02. America has 30% of the world’s high-net-worth individuals (people with more than $1m in liquid assets) and nearly a quarter of global GDP, but consumes less than 1/5th of the world’s personal luxury goods.
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03. More than 80% of the shoes, bags and other products bearing the Prada label are now sold in its own shops, compared with about 50% a decade ago. For Burberry, the share has grown from less than 40% to more than 70% over the same period.
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04. Rolls Royce makes just 4000 cars a year, many of them to order.
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05. Today, 2 in 5 Japanese are thought to own a Vuitton product.
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