Luxury goods fly off shelves in Japan even as economy struggles
The sales may be a manifestation of growing income gap and tourist shopping
Tokyo
JAPAN's economy is hobbling out of a recession, inflation is a quarter of the central bank's target and wages adjusted for price changes fell last year. And yet sales of luxury goods are growing and the stock market hit a 15-year high.
Sales of high-end imported cars and luxury goods have been rising since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in December 2012, outpacing the increase of total retail sales. Department stores sold 333 billion yen (S$3.81 billion) worth of luxury goods including watches, artworks and jewellery in 2014, up…
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