Luxury Clothing & Apparel Snapshot Report 2009: A Trend Report on the Market for Luxury Clothing and Apparel

Competition was brutal for the luxury and high-end clothing and apparel shopper in 2008. The overall share of affluents who bought luxury apparel declined, as their spending also tumbled. These two trends together resulted in dramatic declines in sales and created panic among luxury fashion brands and retailers. Going into the critical 2010 selling season, luxury clothing and apparel marketers need new insights to help them find traction in the changing luxury market. That is why Unity Marketing published a new "just the facts, ma'am" report on the luxury clothing and apparel market. It includes details, facts and figures taken from Unity Marketing's Luxury Report 2009: The Ultimate Guide to the Luxury Consumer Market, which is based upon quarterly surveys among 1,000-1,200 affluent consumers (incomes $100,000 and above) conducted throughout 2007 and 2008. Contained in this new concise snapshot report are these essential facts and figures that can give direction to luxury marketers' business and strategic plans. What clothing and apparel items are of most of interest to affluent consumers and how these items are trending year-over-year both in terms of purchase incidence and spending. Which demographic segments of affluent consumers are increasing their spending, and which are still cutting back on luxury clothing and apparel purchases. Which retailers are the hot destinations for garden and outdoor shopping, and which are still struggling to get into the game. Which of the more than 40 fashion brands included in the survey resonate most strongly with the affluent consumer, especially among the ultra-affluent segment (HHI $250,000) who are the most loyal customers for the leading luxury fashion brands. What marketing messages affluent consumers find most attractive in the fashion sector. "This report is written specifically for marketers that want the most up-to-date and salient facts to help them understand the trends in the current market and ways they can address their challenges. Unlike Unity Marketing's in-depth market research reports, this snapshot report gives the marketer the most important consumer data that will bring dimension to business planning. It doesn't overwhelm the busy executive with a lot of excess baggage they don't need, but presents them with the facts and figures they need to make decisions," explains Pam Danziger, president of Unity Marketing and author of Shopping: Why We Love It and How Retailers Can Create the Ultimate Customer Experience.

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Unity Marketing's annual state of the luxury market report

This report provides a snapshot of the most relevant data about the purchase behavior of the nation's top quintile of affluent high-end clothing and apparel shoppers. The snapshot report contains detail statistics about what clothing and apparel luxuries affluents bought; how much they spent including product level detail for two consecutive years for trend analysis; the types of stores that attract the luxury clothing consumers' share of wallet; and the brands they support.