HSBC predicts luxury market to slow down in 2019

International bank HSBC forecasts growth in the luxury sector to slow down from 9 percent in 2018 to 6 percent in 2019. But that isn't necessarily bad news. In a report titled Expecting the Unexpected, shared by email with FashionUnited, the bank said the main reason why it believes the sector is likely to slow down is because it has been operating in a spectacular scenario in recent times. “All consumer nationalities have been contributing positively to growth, which is not sustainable”.