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Luxury Items

5 outrageous ways to spend your winnings
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For $85, Bally's Sterling Brunch includes high-end luxury items such as lobster tails, caviar, a free-flowing Veuve Cliquot and Perrier-Jouet champagne, plus a seat in one of the most classic Las Vegas dining rooms. Caesars Entertainment. Fullscreen.

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The real Gucci shuts down digital poseurs
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The UpTake: We've seen periodic criminal arrests of those selling knockoffs off-line, but lately courts have been cracking down on online counterfeit sites that sell fake luxury goods. Gucci's case against a bunch of cybersquatters is the latest example.

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Apple Hires Burberry Chief to End Search for Retail Head
www.bloomberg.com

Christopher Bailey, who for the past six years has been chief creative officer at Burberry, the largest British luxury–goods producer, will replace Ahrendts as CEO. Burberry fell 7.6 percent, the biggest decline since September 2012, to 1,464 pence at …

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Poly's Planned Hong Kong IPO Reveals Global Auction Powerhouse Ambitions
www.jingdaily.com

While Poly's main focus right now is classical Chinese art—paintings and calligraphy made up half the value of all items auctioned last year—it may move more into luxury items such as jewels and watches as it emerges on the global market. A recent …

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Kim Jong-un buys up luxury imports as N. Korea starves and struggles
www.washingtontimes.com

A report to South Korea's parliament shows its northern neighbor has sharply increased its imports of luxury products, from the estimated $300 million in 2011 under the late Kim Jong-Il, Mr. Kim's father and predecessor, to the 2012 figure of $645.8 …

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Oroton levels the luxury paying field
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I was shocked to catch retailer Marks & Spencer charging a whopping three times as much for some items here in Hong Kong as they do in their home stores in England. Their excuse was that the cost of rent was higher here. As Mark Newman, CEO and …

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U.S. Federal Reserve Beige Book: San Francisco District (Text)
www.bloomberg.com

On net, luxury items and premium brands sold relatively well, but growth slowed for other categories of full-priced items as consumers continued to search for the lowest prices. Demand for business and consumer services was mixed. Technology contacts …

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International analysis: Amazon moves upmarket with luxury beauty store
www.retail-week.com

The move into luxury health and beauty is not a huge step for Amazon, which already offers high-end beauty items via third-party sellers as well as through its Quidsi subsidiary Beautybar.com. However, the difference lies in the dedicated Amazon shop …

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Police hunt women who stole diet pills from Boots
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… economic time, some people are struggling and turning to criminality to maintain their previous lifestyle. "I have started to see an increase in first-time offenders stealing non-essential items and these are often luxury items such as wine and …

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