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Burberry Ad Campaigns Blend Music, Fashion and Social

Richard Tso | Posted 06.13.2013 | Style
Richard Tso

Burberry has been able to do something that many brands have yet to achieve: It has transformed itself from being a company characterized by that stodgy trench coat your father only wore on weekends back in the '60s to a multifaceted brand, relevant for the digital age.

Would Old Money Snobbery Help China Fight Corruption?

John Wagner Givens | Posted 05.14.2013 | World
John Wagner Givens

The overconsumption of ostentatious luxury goods fuels graft by forcing Chinese officials to keep up with the Zhangs. A cornerstone of combating official corruption is to make sure that civil servants receive adequate salaries that provide a secure, if plebeian, middle-class lifestyle.

Are Chinese Tourists Actually Tourists?

Posted 02.19.2013 | Travel

Over the last several weeks, Chinese shoppers on vacation for the Lunar New Year have crammed luxury stores along New York’s Fifth Avenue, Paris’s...

LOOK: Company Charges Thousands To Coat Your Apple Device In Gold

The Huffington Post | Betsy Isaacson | Posted 01.03.2013 | Technology

Have an extra $20,000 to blow? Here's a new product to tempt you: a platinum MacBook Pro with a logo that is not only customized, but features muti-co...

WATCH: How To Save Money And Shop High End, From Trae Bodge

Posted 10.09.2012 | MarloThomas

You don't have to sacrifice your taste for luxury. Trae Bodge, Senior Writer for The RetailMeNot Insider, gave essential advice on buying high-end goo...

Now's The Time To Buy That Jet You've Always Dreamed Of

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 07.31.2012 | Business

Want to be fly like a G6? Now may be the right time to get into the market. The trade-in value for private jets has declined by as much as 50 perc...

This Is Luxury

Eddie Parsons | Posted 10.11.2012 | Style
Eddie Parsons

Why do people buy high performance cars or vintage wine? Apparel is an investment that has a direct affect on you: It's on you. If you can afford to feel as comfortable as possible but still meet the requirements of your occasion, than that is luxury.

Where There's CEO Bling, There's Corporate Fraud, Says Study

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 06.11.2012 | Business

Which CEOs drive a Rolls to work? That could be an important question for government regulators looking to crack down on corporate fraud. It's not...

Even In A Struggling Economy, People Still Can't Resist A Prada Bag

Reuters | Posted 08.07.2012 | Business

* Q1 revs 686.7 mln euros vs 640 mln eur f'cast * Net profit 121.7 mln vs 98 mln eur f'cast * EBIT doubles, outpaces rev...

Alice Hines

Shopping Malls Aren't Dead for the One Percent

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 02.13.2012 | Business

In a still-ailing economy, shopping centers are the latest incarnations of the widening wealth gap. Indeed, go to a luxury mall owned by Taubman C...

PHOTOS: The Best High-Tech Travel Gadgets

Departures Magazine | Posted 04.03.2012 | Travel
Departures Magazine

Escaping no longer means leaving technology at home. These devices -- let's call them travel accessories -- are proof.

PHOTOS: Holiday Gift List For One Percenters

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.10.2011 | Business

With the economy on shaky ground, these holidays will be a struggle for many Americans. Indeed, some don't plan to shop at all, and even Santa is tryi...

Pierrette Trichet: Guiding the Tradition & Innovation of Louis XIII & the House of Remy Martin

Brad Haskel | Posted 02.07.2012 | Home
Brad Haskel

Pierrette Trichet is not only the only female Cellar Master in Remy Martin's history, but in fact is the only female Cellar Master in the history of the major producers in the region of Cognac.

Hungry for High Net Worth Clients? Platform in Hong Kong and Take a Bite From the DimSum Bond Market

April Rudin | Posted 02.02.2012 | Business
April Rudin

What does Hong Kong have in common with Facebook, business intelligence software, and new mobile medical diagnostic technologies for physicians workin...

The Best Reason I've Heard To Spend Less

Maria Lin | Posted 01.28.2012 | Women
Maria Lin

There is something to be said for not unwittingly losing the "warmth and conviviality" in our lives as we grow in our financial prosperity.

Report: Global Luxury Sector To Grow 10 Percent On Jewelry, Watches

AP | Posted 12.17.2011 | Business

MILAN -- The global luxury market has continued its surge as experts project 10 percent growth in 2013. Bain & Company says in a report commissioned ...

PHOTOS: World's Best Duty-Free Scores

The Daily Meal | Posted 11.16.2011 | Travel
The Daily Meal

Duty-free shops have become retail destinations in their own right, offering coveted items at discounted prices and new things you actually can't get anywhere else.

Seriously: People Now Paying For (Paper) Luxury Bags

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 10.17.2011 | Style

The thirst for luxury handbags has not only led to a rise in counterfeiting, but a second black market for luxury shopping bags. The Wall Street Jo...

From Bridesmaids to Business Partners

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Lauren Drell | Posted 08.11.2011 | Small Business

Women notoriously love bags and shoes -- and many dream of taking that passion and starting their own lines. But there's a whole lot of work to be don...

Even Marked Up, Luxury Goods Are Selling Fast

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 10.04.2011 | Business

NEW YORK — The back-to-school season got off to a strong start as discounts and high temperatures in July drove shoppers to air-conditioned mall...

Poll: Rich Will Drastically Increase Luxury Spending This Year

Posted 06.15.2011 | Business

NEW YORK (Michelle Nichols) - Rich Americans are expected to spend an extra $26.6 billion on luxury goods this year but they will do so with an ey...

The New Bal Harbour: Young, Hip and Fabulous

Courtney Cachet | Posted 05.31.2011 | Travel
Courtney Cachet

As a teenager, I walked around Bal Harbour, hoping I would grow up to be just like those ladies with all the shopping bags. The Bal Harbour I visited last weekend still possesses all it's fabulousness but with hotter, younger crowds.

Ruth Reichl To Run New Gilt Food Site

The New York Observer | Posted 05.30.2011 | Home

We hear former Gourmet editor in chief Ruth Reichl is staffing up a food spin-off of Gilt Groupe, the luxury discount retailer Web site....

The Latest Economic Indicator: Sales Of 'Miraculous' Bras

AP | RACHEL BECK | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

NEW YORK — Attention armchair economists: You don't need spreadsheets to get a handle on how this year's holiday shopping season is going. Just keep...

Luxury Sales Rebound To Pre-Crisis Levels

AP | COLLEEN BARRY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

MILAN — The luxury sector is rebounding better-than-expected this year thanks in large part to wealthy Americans replenishing their wardrobes af...