Commercial investment

"Of the 26 global luxury locations tracked by Savills over a third reported year-on-year growth in 2018 with 50% maintaining headline rents."

"Much of the growth in luxury spend in 2018 was driven by millennials and their younger counterparts Gen Z"

"Investment activity across the big luxury houses has intensified over the last three years. Across the top 10, funding volumes (based on known values) reached $8.3bn, 10 times that seen in 2016"

"The retrenchment to core destination cities seen last year will continue in 2019"

"Solid consumer fundamentals continue, but Brexit uncertainty could drag on retail sales growth"

"Putting CVAs and failures in context and combining them with data on new openings tells a very different story for the sector"

"The investor caution of 2018 is likely to give way to selective opportunistic buying in 2019"

"We take a look at the key themes for the retail warehouse market in 2019"