"The fact that you have all these second-tier cities now in the top 10 (luxury sales) ranking - it's crazy ⁠if you think about it," said Zino Helmlinger, head of China retail at CBRE. MALLS IN SECOND-TIER CITIES CLIMB LUXURY RANKSMalls in other second-tier cities - such as Changsha IFS, Wuhan Wushang and Hangzhou In77 - ⁠are also rising in luxury sales ranking, Helmlinger said. Consumer confidence was stronger among young and middle-income shoppers in second-tier cities, where living costs are lower and local job security firmer, the research showed. Many second-tier cities have also seen their middle-class population boosted by a net inflow of people from top-tier centres, Savills' Macdonald said. "In the coming few years we're going to see many more second-tier cities rising, because that's ⁠where the money is."