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<title>Luxist - Comments for Ultra Rich Continue to Spend</title>
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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Ultra Rich Continue to Spend]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/04/14/ultra-rich-continue-to-spend/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/04/14/ultra-rich-continue-to-spend/</guid><description><![CDATA[What it means is that the nouveau-riche or "aspirational" consumers have stopped spending. <br><br>In other words, secretaries have stopped buying $2k handbags or $500 shoes on credit. And all the people that were using their homes as piggy banks are tapped out. <br><br>People with real money will continue to spend. Then again, they aren't buying mass market stuff like Gucci or Vuitton. They are buying Goyard. Or, more likely, they are living modestly and spending 50-100k/year on their child.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rip]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 14th 2008 8:01PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>