Despite a slowdown in the global economy, the world's 75 largest luxury goods companies generated luxury goods sales of $171.8 billion through the end of last fiscal year (fiscal years ended through June 2013), according to the inaugural Global Powers of Luxury Goods report issued by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. “Despite operating in a troubled economic environment, luxury goods companies fared better than consumer product companies and global economies generally. For the remain...