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Figure 3: Effect <strong>of</strong> Economic Development on Luxury Consumption in IndiaLiberalizationin 1991Growth in BusinessEffects on Luxury MarketNegative EffectPositive EffectLess Growth <strong>of</strong> LuxurySectorIncreased Flow <strong>of</strong> CreditTaxesCustomdutiesTariffsHNIsLuxuryConsumersMiddleClassMaterialismSimilar to India, China is also a developing economy. Post <strong>the</strong> economic re<strong>for</strong>ms <strong>of</strong> 1978, multinationalcompanies entered in <strong>the</strong> 1980s and <strong>the</strong> private sector emerged in <strong>the</strong> late 1990s. It resulted in phenomenaleconomic development <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> country and has fur<strong>the</strong>r increased incomes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Chinese population(―Economy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> People‘s Republic <strong>of</strong> China‖, n.d.). There are two sections <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> population that haveconstituted a great market <strong>for</strong> luxury in China, namely, <strong>the</strong> High Net worth Individuals and <strong>the</strong> middleclass. The first section consisting <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> High Net worth Individuals (HNIs) is well established in China.There are about 477,000 HNIs, and this is <strong>the</strong> fourth greatest number <strong>of</strong> individuals in a single country

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