Saturday, December 1, 2012

Investopedia: Aspirational Shoppers Trip Up Tiffany

When you're a public company, investors' appetite for growth has to be taken into account when it comes to business strategy. I suspect this is part of the reason so many publicly-traded luxury brands have spent the last two decades targeting that "mass affluent" market. While that approach has generally earned these companies quite a lot of money on balance, it may have been part of what tripped up Tiffany (NYSE:TIF) this quarter. Even with the disappointment, though, this is still not what you'd call a cheap stock.

Continue reading here:
http://www.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2012/Aspirational-Shoppers-Trip-Up-Tiffany-TIF-COH-LVMUY-KORS1130.aspx

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