There are also several luxury items included which really boost up the value.” Two of those items include a $US15,000 walking tour of Japan and a $US16,000 laser hair removal offer. We've organzied everything the nominees will take home from designer …

A burglar who plundered rooms at two luxury hotels in Surrey for valuable items has been sent to prison. Phillip Brown, 47, of Dawson Close in Woolwich, south London, was jailed for two years last Friday (February 21), after raiding hotels in Charlwood …

While crying poor may be justified, they lose credibility with me when they spend money on what I call luxury items. I'm talking about public art. Earlier this week, the city of Port Coquitlam unveiled a carving inside city hall. The project was …

Affluent individuals around the world bucked the depressed market norms of the last few years and managed to keep the luxury goods market bustling by investing in alternatives such as art, wine and supercars. Companies such as Hermès SA, Michael Kors …

Mr. De Vincenzo, whose main job is on Fendi's design team, presented his collection a day before luxury–goods giant LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the owner of Fendi, announced it has taken a minority stake in his house. His use of leather in wavy …

Luxury items have also been affected. Instalment plans have been banned for jewellery, hitting a sector that employs 250,000 people in 32,000 stores. The government is seeking to reboot investment into a Turkish economy that has plummeted from nine-per …

When I do, the only essential item is my phone. It's a BlackBerry, although the company is soon moving over to the Samsung Galaxy. My next holiday is skiing in Austria and then I'm off to Iran for a week with my mum in the spring (that should be …

China, as well as other emerging markets, is still far more focused on material luxury. According to a BCG survey, 29 percent of Chinese consumers said they preferred “enriching experiences” over products, compared to 51 percent of U.S. respondents.

He said margins of some rivals are similar to those of luxury–goods makers. The French telecom market needs to consolidate because of its “disastrous” shape, the Bouygues CEO said today, while declining to say whether he wants to participate in alliances.