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Luxury chains including Barney’s and Saks Inc. are selling costlier goods after scaling back discounts and promotions they offered to attract shoppers in the recession. Tiffany & Co. raised prices across the store. U.S. sales of luxury goods may rise 4 percent in 2010 after falling to $60 billion last year from a 2007 record of $72 billion, according to Bain & Co. “The get-it-cheap party for luxury consumers has ended,” said Milton Pedraza, chief executive officer of the New York- based research firm Luxury Institute. “When consumers now turn over the product and look at the price, they see that those days of incredible discounts on luxury goods are over.” – from BusinessWeek
Alex has written for Vanity Fair, Barrons, Bloomberg and Condé Nast Traveler.