Pixelcarve Blog » spending http://pixelcarve.com/blog What's Happening at Pixelcarve Tue, 01 May 2012 18:40:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Will Luxury Spending Save the Economy? http://pixelcarve.com/blog/general/2010/02/23/will-luxury-spending-save-the-economy/ http://pixelcarve.com/blog/general/2010/02/23/will-luxury-spending-save-the-economy/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:48:32 +0000 Pixelcarve Inc. http://pixelcarve.com/blog/?p=490 Read entire story »]]> As experts in premium and luxury, we have had a unique perspective on the recent economic downturn. We readied ourselves for a significant drop in businesses as we anticipated that our industry would be hit the hardest. Instead, however, we found an actual increase in our business and a common feeling amongst our clients that they were fairing rather well.

 

The economic shake-down seemed to be, in effect, a sort of cleansing – removing the pretenders and reinforcing the authentic. It forced people to be more selective about their purchases, so they spent money more wisely on products and services of a genuine higher quality, rather than on many of the phony premium brands that had sprung up as a means to gouge consumers. As the economy has begun its rebound, the premium and luxury space is still driving growth, and portfolio.com asks “Will Luxury Spending Save the Economy?”

 

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