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The New Frugality, whether it's a real trend or just a Madison Avenue marketing slogan, is certainly going to leave us short of the kind of stories that my Depression-era parents told me.
Michelle Madhok | Posted 09.30.2009 | Style
We wanted to know whether women would still spend more than $500 on fashion and beauty items -- 49.9% said they would.
Felicia C. Sullivan | Posted 09.26.2009 | Style
"Following a trend can lead you down a path that is not true to who you are," Collier said, "so we are always focused on staying true to our heritage."
Dana Thomas | Posted 09.07.2009 | Style
Greed has killed the fashion industry. After nearly two decades of getting fleeced, the middle market consumer has wised up and stopped buying.
Washington Post | Robin Givhan | Posted 07.23.2009 | Style
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 06.29.2009 | Business
NEW YORK — Jewelry retailer Tiffany & Co. said Friday that its first-quarter profit plunged 62 percent as sales tumbled, particularly in the U.S...
Pew Research Center | Rich Morin and Paul Taylor | Posted 05.28.2009 | Business
From the kitchen to the laundry room to the home entertainment center, Americans are paring down the list of familiar household appliances they say th...
Janice Horowitz | Posted 03.07.2009 | Living
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 02.25.2009 | Style
In the years since 9/11, the bin Laden family has popped up in some interesting places. It's the newest family endeavor that may raise some eyebrows though.
Wall Street Journal | CHRISTINA BINKLEY | Posted 11.09.2008 | 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 04.01.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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...
Bloomberg | Mathew Benjamin, Rich Miller | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | Business
Private jets and private chefs are de rigueur for business's power elite. So, too, you'd think, would be private coiffeurs, paid handsomely to make su...
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James Jubak | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business