Worldwide luxury–goods sales will expand at the slowest pace since 2009 this year as slack Chinese consumption and the weakness of the Japanese yen weigh on growth, according to an estimate from Bain & Co. Sales of personal luxury items such as …

Economic markets may be great mechanisms to allocate sail boats and luxury items, but not political influence and democratic values. Money is great in its place, but there are limits to what money should buy. No one thinks that school admissions or …

Over nine in 10 of those surveyed indulge in the activity in between travel, splurging on edible items, books, magazines, cosmetics and fragrances. When it comes to travelling expenditure, though, … The MasterCard Consumer Purchasing Priorities …

If you were stranded on a desert island which two luxury items would you take? Arthur and Henry, my miniature dachshunds. Who's your hero and why? My pupil master Nigel Thomas who taught me that true courage is grace in adversity. Tell us two truths …

LUXURY GOODS. Luxury goods companies association Altagamma unveils report (0900 GMT). Camfin shares are suspended to Oct. 29 ahead of delisting. Milano Assicurazioni holds savings shareholders' meeting on merger with Fondiaria-SAI (0930 GMT).

Photo: Neil Rasmus/BFAnyc.com. Stephanie Phair was head of business development at a startup called DropShop, selling luxury goods on the secondary market, when a customer from Greenwich, CT caught her eye. This client, who bought a lot of Chanel …

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Yonhap) — Shinsegae Department Store, South Korea's second-largest department store chain, said Monday that outdoor products have emerged as the most profitable items in its local stores, beating luxury goods. Its clients who bought …

On the beauty front, Millar is a luxury-brand aficionado. He spends about $1500 a year on Aveda haircare products, Aesop cleansers, moisturisers and eye cream at $40 a tub, and soap at $12 a bar from New York skincare supplier Kiehl's; and designer …

*It's not what he would have preferred, but Jay Z, under relentless pressure to end his association with luxury retailer Barneys New York, which is accused of racial profiling, has finally spoken out. Basically Jay Z says he was waiting to respond …