NEW DELHI: India's nascent luxury market is set to accelerate next year, crossing the $10-billion mark, boosted by a new breed of wealthy "closet" consumers whose spending power is increasing, a report released Tuesday said. Luxury sales will climb by …

Disruptive innovation, too, can vaporize demand for certain products. Paradigm shifts in the market render some commodities obsolete, mere oddities that become the butt … and far-left of assessments, wallowing in the legislated molasses of an over …

But a thirst for the artisanal products is growing, especially among more affluent consumers. "We're watching this situation. We'd be stupid not to," said Brooks. Hop skeptic. Pioneer craft beer brewer Steve Gilroy, owner of the Gilroy Brewery in …

Some proclaim such schemes as proof that Chinese players are going all out to answer top insurance regulator Xiang Junbo's recent clarion call at a major insurance summit in September for "more product innovation". … And they are raring to enter what …

Ms. Long, a 32-year-old business analyst in Beijing, said she originally planned to give birth in the U.S., a popular way for affluent Chinese parents to circumvent the one-child policy. The government said last week after the Third Plenum policy …

Each of these consumers will need to be convinced first to enter your store before they are convinced to buy a product. In order to reach the affluent prior to entering the store, luxury brands need to have a robust search strategy and the resources to …

In contrast to wind turbines, electric vehicles are consumer products; there is more to success than a low price tag. Even at 2 million sales worldwide, electric vehicle ownership will still be the domain of relatively affluent early adopters. Granted …

In hopes of promoting China sales at a time when China's affluent are increasingly heading to boutiques abroad to purchase designer items, the new collection is only available in Shanghai until April 2014, where it will be released to other locations …

That the "upper echelons" of public life were dominated by men and women either privately educated or drawn from the "affluent middle class" was something Sir John said he found "truly shocking". … And while it is true Scottish politics is …