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Luxury consumers' feeling of confidence tanked in the third quarter as measured by Unity Marketing's Luxury Consumption Index. The index plummeted to 87.3 points, its lowest level since 2004, following a 4 point drop in the second quarter. The index is based upon an October survey of over 1,000 luxury consumers (average income $150,200 and age 43.6 years) tracking their buying preferences and spending patterns.
Pam Danziger, president of Unity Marketing and author of Shopping: Why We Love It and How Retailers Can Create the Ultimate Customer Experience, said "Two quarters' steady decline in the Luxury Consumption Index predicted a cut in luxury consumer spending, which is exactly what occurred in the third quarter. The amount spent by affluent consumers on luxury dropped 21 percent from an average of $15,283 in the second quarter to $12,142. This is the steepest decline since the fourth quarter of 2004 and it brings the average spending of luxury market consumers to its lowest level since second quarter 2005."
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