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Luxury Consumers

Consumer Reports Pulls Recommendation for Toyota Camry
www.claimsjournal.com

While Toyota's luxury Lexus and namesake brands were ranked most reliable in the U.S. auto industry in Consumer Reports' annual new-car reliability survey, the magazine said it will no longer recommend the Camry, Prius v model or RAV4 sport utility …

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Bang & Olufsen brings wireless technology to its high-end…
www.theverge.com

The company may be most familiar to many consumers as the provider of in-car systems for luxury automotive manufacturers, including BMW, Aston Martin, and Mercedes Benz. Today, the B&O launched its latest speakers for your home, all of which include …

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Luxury Linen Retailer Now Offers Complimentary Mattress Pad with Online …
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ExceptionalSheets.com just announced a new incentive for savvy consumers looking for online specials of luxury linens for the holidays. Through their website, online shoppers can now receive a complimentary 5 star hotel mattress pad with the purchase …

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Lexus, Toyota top auto reliability survey
www.philly.com

And the magazine announced Monday it's not recommending that consumers buy 2014 models of the Honda Accord V6 and Nissan Altima sedans, two of Japan's top sellers, because of poor reliability scores. Two other Japanese mainstays, the Toyota … Ford …

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Luxury goods sales slowed by China drag as high-end consumers cut domestic …
www.washingtonpost.com

The analysis presented Monday by Bain & Company at an Italian industry gathering estimated 2013 luxury sales at 217 billion euros ($300 billion), up from 212 billion euros in 2012. That's a slow-down, however, from three years of double-digit growth.

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Luxury brands CAN command the digital platform despite lack of sensorial …
www.cosmeticsdesign.com

Despite luxury brands previously shying away from digital platforms due to the sensorial factor being imperative for consumers, experts say there is a way to command these platforms without compromising what the consumer needs.

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Wealthiest consumers' holiday spending put at $2175 per household
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This is the highest reading for this index since fall 2007 and indicates good potential for increased spending by affluent and luxury consumers. The index for future business conditions and the index for change in the stock market are both in positive …

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India struggles with onion crisis
america.aljazeera.com

But retail prices have quadrupled in the past three months, to as high as 100 rupees ($1.62) per kliogram, making the onions an unaffordable luxury for India's poor. In September, a sale on onions in India by deal-of-the-day Internet site Groupon was …

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Consumers spoilt for choice as durables market adopts to changing priorities
www.thehindubusinessline.com

… made consumer products like refrigerators and television sets more affordable and provided the much needed boost for the durables companiesw in the early 2000s. This was also when air-conditioners, once considered a luxury, made their way into …

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