Bain: How Will Luxury Change For the Better Post-COVID-19
Yaling JiangMarch 31, 2020
The luxury industry, as we know it, will be fundamentally changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a recent Bain & Company brief published last Thursday “Luxury after COVID-19: Changed for (the) Good?,†amid overall losses, companies could make this a positive turn of events for their future operations if they are fast to adapt.
The global consultancy’s Milan office modeled three scenarios on the luxury market’s future performance and predicted that the industry will shrink 15-35% depending on how hard the pandemic hits. Moreover, the brief breaks down six consumption trends, with an ever-more important China market at the top of the list.
https://jingdaily.com/bain-how-will-luxury-change-for-the-better-post-covid-19/Big banks offer relief to California homeowners affected by COVID-19
By Laura Alix
Four of the five largest banks in the U.S. have agreed to let California residents
skip mortgage payments for 90 days if they have lost their jobs or are struggling financially due to the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday.
JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and U.S. Bancorp, along with about 200 state-chartered banks and credit unions, voluntarily agreed to waive mortgage payments for California residents who are having trouble paying bills because of the COVID-19 outbreak, Newsom said. Bank of America has also agreed to waive payments,
but only for 30 days, Newsom said.
https://www.americanbanker.com/news/big-banks-offer-relief-to-california-homeowners-affected-by-covid-19Big Banks.............yuuuuuge winners. What a gift to allow people to get so far behind they loose their homes. Reminds me of Bank bailouts. They offered those outrageous low interest mortgages to people that couldn't afford them. Ones that started low, but weren't fixed. This is going to be the same. Who is going to win? Big banks. Who is going to lose? People that thought this was a gift. No, you have to pay your mortgage, and I would recommend that everyone do their very best to make that payment.
China is a yuuuge real estate invester in Washington. They will be winners too.