The announcement last week that luxury shoemaker Jimmy Choo is creating a limited-edition collection for the bargain merchant H&M makes one wonder whe...
AP | MAE ANDERSON | Posted 05.29.2009 | Business
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Pew Research Center | Rich Morin and Paul Taylor | Posted 04.27.2009 | Business
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In the face of nose-diving portfolios and little disposable income to go around, should ridding the face of wrinkles really be a priority? For that matter, should it ever be a priority?
David Weiner | Posted 01.25.2009 | Style
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Wall Street Journal | CHRISTINA BINKLEY | Posted 10.09.2008 | Business
Francesco Trapani, chief executive of Bulgari Group, is cutting back on the fixed costs of his jet-setting lifestyle. The jewelry, luxury-goods and ho...
Crave | Mike Yamamoto | Posted 03.24.2008 | Business
Toshiba may not be the best-known manufacturer of mobile phones, but it certainly keeps things interesting. When it's not making Transformer wannabes,...
AP | ROLAND LOSCH | Posted 02.27.2008 | Business
MUNICH, Germany — Luxury automaker BMW AG said Wednesday it will cut another 5,600 jobs by the end of 2008, on top of 2,500 other positions that...
Wall Street Journal | Rachel Dodes and Christina Passariello | Posted 01.24.2008 | Business
In the luxury-goods business, bleak is the new black. After four years of galloping growth, the good times for high-end brands -- long considered the...
Pauline Millard | Posted 01.22.2008 | Business
Now that women have had a taste of the good life, they're not going to want to give it up because of a stock market that happens to be in a slump.
Dana Thomas | Posted 01.09.2008 | Entertainment
The industry that will suffer the most from the rolling up of the Globe's red carpet is the international luxury fashion and jewelry business.
Bloomberg | Mathew Benjamin, Rich Miller | Posted 11.20.2007 | Business
F. Scott Fitzgerald had it wrong: In a slowing economy, the rich aren't that different from everyone else. Affluent consumers, pinched by shrinking s...
International Herald Tribune | Elisa Anniss | Posted 09.28.2007 | Business
In the world of luxury accessories, many brands have been following something of a pattern: first footwear, then handbags and now eyewear. And the sec...
AP | BEN STOCKING | Posted 09.23.2007 | Business
In a country whose peasant army once marched on flip-flops cut from old tires, Gucci beach sandals priced at $365 can come as a shock. But the luxury...
Fortune | Jennifer Reingold | Posted 09.11.2007 | Business
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Washington Post | Robin Givhan | Posted 06.22.2009 | Style