Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Brazil: French luxury wants a piece of cake

On the occasion of the two-day visit to Paris of the Brazilian President, he will discuss the barriers of countries that heavily penalize the French luxury brands.
 Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is on a state visit to Paris two days on 11 and 12 December. On the agenda, perhaps a request from France to relax a little border barriers .

French luxury sector is waiting for it to deploy in force in Brazil, where the market does exist. Brazilians are increasingly fond of luxury. But they prefer to shop abroad. More than 60% of purchases of luxury goods are outside Brazil. In France, for example, Brazilian visitors coming in fourth position in terms of expenditure.

The luxury sector in Brazil generates two billion euros per year And because the barriers are so high in Brazil that the prices of luxury goods are 40-50% higher than in Europe. 
Add various taxes and varied constantly changing and you will understand that, like India, Brazil is far from being a paradise for the French luxury brands. However, they also would like to share. In Brazil, the luxury sector is € 2 billion, an increase of 20% per year for three years. French brands are best known for 20 years. Yet today, the Brazilian market represents only 2% of sales 75 luxury homes of the Comité Colbert, Baccarat Yves Saint Laurent, through Cartier and Vuitton.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Sales of luxury homes in Spain begins to revive


Puerto BanusFor home sales recover (beyond what happens in the end of 2012 for the disappearance of tax incentives) have much. But part of the real estate sector the luxury, and noticed less crisis (is it about the money) and before showing signs of recovery. At least according to the new analysis for Spain and Portugal of Knight Frank, the market confidence is improving and sales volume of luxury homes (residential market they call it prime ) are rising.



Its latest report has assessed the current conditions market in several international buying Spanish destinations: Barcelona, ​​Madrid, Marbella, Sotogrande and the Balearic Islands . The market super-prime Spanish (15 million euros onwards) focuses on Marbella, Sotogrande and the Balearics. One of its main conclusions is that buyers coming from new markets, such as Latin America , are helping to prop up demand in some markets for luxury homes. says Knight Frank that buyers prime focus on the lifestyle factor and the potential long-term investment . In that sense, and due to currency fluctuations, some foreign buyers have been able to benefit from significant discounts, and take advantage of price adjustments that began in 2008 and still.