(BPT) – The recovering U.S. housing market has led to increased demand for certain luxury items, including hardwood flooring. Exciting trends are influencing the marketplace and for today's consumers, there are more hardwood flooring options than ever …

Luxury items, though, were hard to come by. I always wanted to have the popular branded clothes but we could never afford them. “Now I buy the clothes I want and I enjoy a good standard of living. I stay in a nice apartment with my fiancée and my …

There's also a café featuring regionally exclusive items, as well as a bevy of seasonally-driven offerings. Skip the Hotel, Stay Private We love the hotels, inns and B&B's throughout Monterey County. But luxury private rentals abound here, too, which …

The frenzy to obtain ivory is accelerating, as many Asian economies boom and prices for the increasingly rare luxury items soar. Andrea Turkalo knows all about this frenzy. Last March, she managed to escape from advancing Séléka guerilla fighters who …

a recent report shows that among 18- to 24-year-olds, buying counterfeit has been normalised.Academics refer to luxury fashion pieces as "credence goods". They are not just functional. Their desirability rests in nebulous things such as the reputation …

WE should look at alternative ways to reduce the impact of price increases and cuts in subsidies. Higher duties can be imposed on luxury items. Duties collected will help to improve our trading terms, preserve our foreign reserve and signal the …

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… good sources of savings. It is not necessary for any local shopper who is looking to purchase basic items like groceries or even luxury items such as large screen televisions to pay full price, Littzi stressed. The bargains are out there for those …

Academics refer to luxury fashion pieces as "credence goods". They are not just functional. Their desirability rests in nebulous things such as the reputation of the designer, or the fact that they can confer higher social standing. Many would question …