A sizable and ever expanding number of Africans can now afford luxury goods due largely to increasing disposable income and wealth generated from Africa's enormous natural resources, including oil, gas and precious minerals, say regional analysts and …

In addition to producing a massive amount of special-edition Chinese New Year luxury products, international luxury brands have embraced the upcoming holiday in a way highly specific to Chinese culture: by creating designer “red envelopes” for …

All those luxury goodies retailers previously kept locked behind glass, wired with sensors, or chained to poles, have found their way, untethered, into e-commerce channels as more consumers buy higher-ticket items online. ff25_cover_small. This signals …

Kurgo Dog Products, from Salisbury, Mass., makes a jump seat that can restrain a dog inside a moving car. Also on display were rugged leashes, collars, harnesses and booties. Of course, most dog-gear competitors bow to Ruffwear Inc., the leader of the …

Lexus once was the volume leader among luxury brands. But with the German brands adding sales by moving downmarket, Lexus is in third place. Lexus also once was the clear leader in customer-service rankings; but with other brands imitating the same …

But in the next couple of years we will have 100. How do we represent, stock and market those products? That will be a challenge. All the luxury manufactures are moving downstream with less expensive deals — and how do we adapt with that new customer?

SALT LAKE CITY — One trend at the world's largest trade show for outdoor gear is equipment that's fashionable and comfortable. The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market runs through Saturday in Salt Lake City. Nearly 1,000 outdoor brands are displaying their …

Deal: Book the “Seven in Heaven” package for $777, which includes a two-night luxury accommodation for two, $777 of spa credit to be used from arrival to check-out, use of all spa facilities including whirlpool, steam room and sauna, along with access …

More than 30 percent of them bring luxury items home. At the same time, their American classmates think that the Chinese counterparts are rich, very rich. When the Americans wear Abercrombie & Fitch to the campus, those silver-spoon Chinese kids dress …