When It Comes To Business And Golf Today, There's Probably No Better Program Than MassMutual Financial Group Including OppenheimerFunds And The Executive Women Golf Association

by Mark Di Giorgio
Director Public Relations
MassMutual Financial Group 

Golf and commerce have been synonymous ever since the Scots invented the game in the mid-fifteenth century.  And when it comes to business and golf for women today, there’s probably no better pairing than MassMutual Financial Group, including OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (OppenheimerFunds) and the Executive Women’s Golf Association (EWGA).

As a national sponsor of the EWGA, MassMutual Financial Group and OppenheimerFunds are not only promoting women and golf, but also the benefits of women’s participation in sports.  These benefits often lead to professional success and last a lifetime.

Declining consumer confidence, esepcially among the less well-to-do luxury consumers, results in drop of more than 20 percent in average amount spent on luxury

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."