The higher prices are important – they help sustain what is a comparatively small business which doesn't mass produce, and – like it or not – affluent customers expect affluent prices for indulgent products. But they are a reason why shops like this …

Of the hundreds of Bay Area stores surveyed last summer as part of the Healthy Stores campaign, 83 percent sold flavored non-cigarette tobacco products and are within 1,000 feet of a school, according to the survey data. About eight in 10 Bay Area …

A lot of intellectual effort has been devoted to devising better ways of maximizing advertising and marketing budgets – targeting customers, especially the affluent, who might actually buy the product. But standards of living might have been raised …

Despite the current negotiations between Iran and world powers to reach a final deal on the programme, the national currency, the rial, has lost 50 per cent of its value since 2012, hurting Iranians' ability to buy basic products. Iran's official rate …

A financial planner should have a working knowledge of many things, including life insurance, retirement products (along with alternative plans), college education planning, taxes, estate planning, long-term care insurance, long-term disability and …

So what are the next “wow factor” tech trends, ideas and products that will rock the world of financial advisers and their clients in the not-so-distant future? Chances are, they will en-compass the wizardry of … Jeff Bezos, founder and chief …

Moderator Steven Levy asked if Schmidt feared a growing backlash against tech companies as their employees earn huge salaries and inflate real estate values even as they create products that sometimes replace the jobs of less affluent neighbors. “We're …

Moderator Steven Levy asked if Schmidt feared a growing backlash against tech companies as their employees earn huge salaries and inflate real estate values even as they create products that sometimes replace the jobs of less affluent neighbors. “We're …

As per ArthVeda's estimates, for the affluent classes the dollar-dependent spend is as high as 40% of their total expenditure basket. A large number of these foreign-brand companies are either not listed in India or the India-listed subsidiaries only …