"New findings published in "Bain & Company Luxury Study 2020 Spring Update" this week suggest a collapse in the global luxury goods market is underway with no recovery for several years, shredding any hope that a V-shaped recovery will be seen in the back half of 2020.
The report says the plunge of travel and tourism in all key markets has triggered "an unprecedented crisis" for companies operating in the luxury goods space. Claudia D'Arpizio, a Bain & Company partner and lead author of the report, said jewelry, watches, cosmetics, clothes, and accessory sales will drop 25% in 1Q20, and continued lockdowns across the world will lead to further declines in 2Q20. Those declines, she noted, could be in excess of 50-60% in the three months ending in June. Her full-year estimate is a contraction between 20-35%. ..."
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