Keep in mind the average annual wage in Shanghai was about $5,500, and although sales for luxury items were huge and growing, it was based on the adult's perception of status and luxury. Chinese adults had never owned or heard of Barbie. Barbie was …

“She is ravishing, like a luxury item,” Karl Lagerfeld said in a French television interview in 2012. “There's a French tradition of courtesans as luxury items . . . For me, she's a girl who didn't really have any other choice than to do that …

Internet shopping malls are beefing up sales of foreign luxury goods directly purchased from overseas markets, which are relatively cheaper than those imported by licensed dealers, amid a “direct buying” boom. SK Planet's online store unit 11ST said …

… weaknesses is his penchant for luxury and comfort: despite often fleeing to some of the most remote parts of the country, the cartel boss often sets up luxurious establishments complete with satellite telephones, audio-visual equipment and luxury …

Larry Holmes, 64, admits he was guilty of overspending on frivolous luxurious items. The great Holmes earned millions during his career which spanned three decades. Nicknamed 'The Easton Assassin,' the fighter whose left jab known was one of the …

Experts say that a new breed of brand-obsessed shoplifter targeting luxury items is having a knock-on effect of rising prices for ordinary families. The figures show that the average value per theft has leapt by 62 per cent to £177 in the last year as …

The State Library, founded in 1818, moved the bulk of its 20 million books and printed items in 1978 into the newly built Cultural Education Center on Madison Avenue at the southern end of Empire State Plaza that houses the State Library, State Museum …

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — When Lise Luckie and her husband Len need to flee the hustle and bustle of their advertising business in Montreal, they make a beeline for the Mirror Lake Inn. "It's so welcoming," said Luckie. "The people here are so nice. Every …

But calendar-based buying can mean big bargains for consumers who know when goods are usually on sale and who have the luxury of biding their time. Backpacks are often a hot deal in August. Bikes, meanwhile, may run cheaper in the fall. Is there any …