France is feeling the pinch of a decline in demand of cognac from China, its largest importer. Worldwide sales of the brandy during the past year fell with 6.7 percent by volume and 10.2 percent by value, the National Inter-professional Bureau of …

“Waipuna Hospice is such a worthy cause and there are some fantastic auction items on offer. We hope people will dig deep and support what will be a fun evening,” he says. As a firm that prides itself on supporting the Tauranga community, Lyon O'Neale …

Paris-based Li, who only wanted to give his family name, earns more than $6,000 a month buying luxury items in French stores on behalf of clients back home. An MBA graduate, he has no plans to pursue a different career despite his educational credentials.

“In times of economic growth people are more willing to let their old items go. In times of recession, customers turn to used goods as a way to save money,” she said. “Either way, the second hand market is one of the few recession-proof businesses that …

She is one of China's growing ranks of "haiwai daigou," or overseas personal shoppers, that source luxury items for customers back home. It's a booming business that was worth 74.4 billion yuan ($12 billion) in 2013, according to the China E-commerce …

The 36-year-old Penny Dreadful star and his English actress girlfriend headed to luxury supermarket Dean & Delcua to pick up supplies for their date night. Emerging with two big bags full of fancy food, the pair also grabbed a healthy juice each, which …

An Ecuadorean citizen rests at a hospital in Matamoros after a drug cartel massacred 72 migrants in 2010. A reader says drug and immigration problems will not be solved until Congress ends the gridlock preventing legislation to address the issues.

The economy's surprise contraction came as spending on luxury items such as jewelry and watches saw big drops. This has been attributed to Chinese shoppers cutting back on conspicuous spending in the wake of the deepening anti-graft campaign on the …

The shift would correspond to an increase in consumption of luxury items such as game birds (swans, herons, egret) and freshwater fish. “The Late Medieval diet of an aristocrat consisted of bread, ale, meat, fish, wine and spices with a strong …