Q1 2026 A Mixed Bag for Luxury Amid Global Economic Uncertainty

Q1 2026 A Mixed Bag for Luxury Amid Global Economic Uncertainty

Like everyone else who works in luxury industry forecasting, the team at It’s A Working Title, LLC is updating our models, mostly to the effect of downgrading our start of the year expectations for small, though positive, growth in H1. With most of the January to...
China is giving some momentum to the struggling luxury economy

China is giving some momentum to the struggling luxury economy

The unending swirl of the macro headwinds is making the broad predictions for a small, positive bounce back in luxury sales in H1 look a bit optimistic – or is it? Regressions conducted by It’s A Working Title, LLC®️ staff found that over the past decade, each 1...
Luxury Underperforming A Bad Market

Luxury Underperforming A Bad Market

We have all watched the ups and downs of markets that is assembling a sort of fractured narrative pointing to a stagflationary impulse: commodity-driven inflation pressures alongside weakening growth-sensitive assets, with financial conditions tightening at the...
Is this the end of the era of industry dispersion?

Is this the end of the era of industry dispersion?

The big story across the premium retail market for the past few years has been differentiation. Though much of the commentary has been about a luxury recession, many sectoral verticals (e.g., hospitality, jewellery, beauty) remained strong after the post-pandemic...
Premium Market Faces Uncertain 2026

Premium Market Faces Uncertain 2026

In our latest Fashion Strategy Weekly and FSW Markets essay, we review the role that narrative strategy should play in helping premium brands build resilience and reinforce global brand differentiation amid volatile market conditions -> https://lnkd.in/egK_gAvH...