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The main goal of the article is to collect, systematize and compare knowledge concerns the concept of luxury and luxury goods in social sciences, especially in economics. Therefore in the article there is a brief description of origin and history of this concept and review of some well-known in literature definitions of luxury and luxury goods. Also the article shows main classifications of luxury goods customers. In the economics the concept of luxury goods is connected with microanalysis of the market. Therefore, in the final part of the article this category is described from the microeconomic market analysis point of view.