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Investors Are Cautious About Luxury Sector, Barclays Finds

Investors Are Cautious About Luxury Sector, Barclays Finds

Luxury’s biggest players start reporting third-quarter results this week, and Barclays doesn’t expect them “to be a key catalyst for the space.” After speaking with more than 50 investors across Europe, Asia, the U.S. and the Middle East, the British bank found “a cautious view on the sector, mainly because of the lack of visibility around China and concerns around growth normalization after a strong COVID-19 recovery period.” More from WWD “We think investors will need… Source link

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos named as secret owner of luxury $500m superyacht

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos named as secret owner of luxury 0m superyacht

Jeff and Lauren Sanchez (inset) and the Black Pearl (AFP via Getty Images and OceanCo) Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon, is finally set to join the gilded ranks of the haves and have-yachts. The world’s richest man has been named as the soon-to-be proud owner of one of the most expensive and extravagant superyachts ever built. At 127metres (420ft) the craft – known only by its project name Y721 – will be as long as the Great Pyramid at Giza is tall, and loaded with… Source link

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electric vehicles shouldn’t be a luxury item

electric vehicles shouldn’t be a luxury item

The electric vehicle (EV) industry has a friend in the Biden administration, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tells Yahoo Finance Presents.  “So we think it is important to continue incentivizing and encouraging electric vehicle adoption. We got to make sure that electric vehicles are not just a luxury item, especially because the fuel savings from not having to pay to fill it up with gas will be especially meaningful to lower and middle income American car owners,” Buttigieg says…. Source link

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