Britain's Gold & Co already retails bespoke gold-plated iPhones, iPads and BlackBerrys for luxury shoppers here. Gaurav Issar of Jewelsnext.com, an online jewellery portal, says he … Council report this year, local consumption rose to a 10-year high …

Instead we have a landscape dominated by luxury labels dedicated to items that 90 per cent of us cannot afford. The presence of big multibrand retailers such as On Pedder, Joyce, Lane Crawford, Harvey Nichols and I.T, even if they also sell luxury, are …

Along with the falling rupee, now there are import curbs that the government has announced, taxing luxury items bought abroad. In this gloomy scenario, one aspect seems to have been overlooked: the impact this could have on the local manufacturing sector.

From an upscale jeweler checking in with its quarterly bling to a doughnut maker that's been one of the market's biggest surprises during the past year chiming in with its quarterly treat, here are some of the items that will help shape the week that …

On the government's recent steps to control import of certain items such as gold and non-luxury items in an effort to finance current account deficit (CAD), Ranganathan said, it is an important step to push domestic exports as long as the duties are …

That part of the plan could be problematic since the gasoline tax is earmarked solely to retire the bond debt involved in participating with the Retirement Systems of Alabama in the golf complex and luxury hotel tourism attractions. “It's really …

South Africa is a mature market with high levels of luxury product on the shelves, following the US and European economies closely, whereas East Africa is an emerging market with altogether different needs. "Getting the right products into the right …

The Vercher family of Woodstock, Georgia, offered to give away a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/25/vercher-family-woodstock-craigslist-foreclosed_n_2017738.html?1351188857" target="_hplink">number of household items in a …. Despite …

Some of the more surprising charges include a fee for moving items around in the minibar (not actually consuming any), a bellman (whether you use one or not), the room safe (even if you don't stash valuables in it), checking out early, checking in …