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26. October 2007: Children make Luxury Consumer's more confident

Luxury Consumer with children feel much more affluent (73%) than singles (52%) or couples without children (51%) even when they all have the same household income.

19. June 2007: 24% of UK luxury consumers started a new job in 2006

Key life events 2006 for UK luxury consumers were:

24%   starting a new job
23%   buying a new house

04. June 2007: Independent webpages are the most trusted information source in the UK

With 35% mentions among all purchase segments independent webpages are the most trusted information souce  followed by company webpages (27% mentions) and recommendation from a friend (25% mentio